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Ilya Sutskever Raises $1 Billion for His New AI Company
Science & Technology

Ilya Sutskever Raises $1 Billion for His New AI Company

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, who left the startup in May that developed the world’s most popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot called ChatGPT, has raised $1 billion in investment funding for his new company, Safe Superintelligence, or SSI.

Amazon Expands Just Walk Out Technology to More Stadiums and Universities
Fintech & Ecommerce

Amazon Expands Just Walk Out Technology to More Stadiums and Universities

More NFL fans and university students in Seattle, Washington and Baltimore will be able to skip the checkout lines with the help of AI-enabled Just Walk Out technology from Amazon.

Salesforce to Acquire Tenyx
Science & Technology

Salesforce to Acquire Tenyx

Salesforce, an enterprise cloud company, announced on Tuesday, September 3, that it has agreed to acquire Tenyx, a developer of voice agents based on artificial intelligence technologies.

Nvidia Shares Demonstrate Sharp Decline
Science & Technology

Nvidia Shares Demonstrate Sharp Decline

Nvidia, a giant in the area of artificial intelligence chip development, which in the current year was for some time the most valuable company in the world and in June crossed the $3 trillion market capitalization indicator, suddenly found itself on a downward trajectory, although the prospects were optimistic and the symbolic road ahead was […]

Thailand Adds Cash Payments to Digital Wallet Plan
Fintech & Ecommerce

Thailand Adds Cash Payments to Digital Wallet Plan

In Thailand, the local digital wallet plan suddenly faced a transformation that reduced what could be called the virtual component of the content of the relevant strategy.

UK Regulator Reportedly Cuts Fraud Reimbursement Plan
Fintech & Ecommerce

UK Regulator Reportedly Cuts Fraud Reimbursement Plan

The media reports that currently in the United Kingdom, the local payment regulator is abruptly cutting its compensation plan for victims of fraud.

Robinhood Launches Stock Lending for British Customers
Fintech & Ecommerce

Robinhood Launches Stock Lending for British Customers

Robinhood has announced the launch of a new stock lending offering for customers in the United Kingdom.

Fraud Levels Skyrocket at Bitcoin ATMs
Blockchain & Crypto

Fraud Levels Skyrocket at Bitcoin ATMs

FTC cautions consumers about the surge of fraud losses at Bitcoin ATMs due to the increasing government impersonation, business impersonation, and tech support scams.

Bank of Canada Reportedly Plans to Cut Interest Rates Again
Finance & Economics

Bank of Canada Reportedly Plans to Cut Interest Rates Again

The Bank of Canada is likely to decide on another interest rate cut at its third meeting in a row.

Technology and Finance Giants Join Anti-Financial Crime Group
Science & Technology

Technology and Finance Giants Join Anti-Financial Crime Group

The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) has formed a group to combat financial crimes.

Visa to Promote Digital Payments in India
Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa to Promote Digital Payments in India

Visa is currently partnering with companies such as Paytm and PayU to promote digital payment practices in India.

Google Expands Partnership With UPI
Fintech & Ecommerce

Google Expands Partnership With UPI

Google Pay has presented several new offers through the Indian United Payments Interface (UPI).

Lloyds Bank and Cleareye Launch Partnership
Fintech & Ecommerce

Lloyds Bank and Cleareye Launch Partnership

Lloyds Bank announced the start of a partnership with the artificial intelligence platform Cleareye.ai.

Brazil Tries to Calm Investors
Finance & Economics

Brazil Tries to Calm Investors

In Brazil, the local economic team is going into damage control mode to reassure investors and ensure that the country’s government is complying with fiscal rules, even as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is pushing for a decision to increase social spending.

Brazil Blocks X
Science & Technology

Brazil Blocks X

In Brazil, a panel of federal supreme court justices voted unanimously to uphold an order suspending the operation of social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter and owned by Elon Musk, in the country.

Singapore Considers Bill to Fight Fraud
Science & Technology

Singapore Considers Bill to Fight Fraud

Singapore is currently considering a bill that provides for the police to be able to order banks to temporarily prevent customers from transferring money to fraudsters.