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Fintech & Ecommerce

Klarna Reports Earnings Results for First Half of 2023

Klarna has released the financial results of its operations for the first six months of 2023, which testified to the positive dynamics of the second quarter, which exceeded initial expectations.

Science & Technology

Bumble CEO Says AI to Help Establish Meaningful Connections

Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder, and CEO of the dating app Bumble, is convinced that artificial intelligence can become a kind of means to combat the epidemic of loneliness in the United States, noting that the new generation of technology has the potential for a profound transformation of the dating industry.

Finance & Economics

Barclays Reportedly Invests in Promotion on Private Credit Market

The media reported that Barclays Plc, a structure that includes a multinational investment bank and a financial services company, decided to strengthen its position in the private loan market by allocating money from its balance sheet to implement the corresponding efforts.

Blockchain & Crypto

French Regulator Searches Worldcoin Paris Office

The French data regulator CNIL this week conducted searches at the regional Worldcoin office, which is located in Paris.

Science & Technology

UAE Launches Bilingual AI Model

Inception, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi-based G42 firm specializing in machine intelligence, the California-based Cerebras research company, and the Mohammed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) have developed a large language model called Jais.

Fintech & Ecommerce

X Now Has Seven State Licenses For Payments Including Crypto

X, former Twitter, platform is on its way to transforming social media into a financial super app. With the latest license approved in Rhode Island, X can provide financial services in seven US states

Science & Technology

Microsoft Splits Teams from Office in EU

Microsoft will give its European business customers the opportunity to buy the Teams video and chat app separately from the Office software.

Finance & Economics

Morgan Stanley Downgrades Palantir Technologies

Palantir Technologies has been downgraded at Morgan Stanley, which is the latest signal of Wall Street’s skepticism about this company specializing in software development and positioning itself as a major player in the sphere of artificial intelligence.

Science & Technology

AI Startup Cohere Reportedly Taps JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs for Financing

The media, citing insiders, reported that Cohere, which operates in the field of artificial intelligence and receives support from investors, including Oracle and Nvidia, is currently interacting with banks in preparation for a new round of financing a few months after the completion of the previous one.

Finance & Economics

UBS Outlines Major Targets for Its Integration of Credit Suisse

UBS Group AG has outlined the main goals of integration with its former competitor Credit Suisse.

Science & Technology

British Parliamentarians Question Prospects of UK Leadership in AI Regulation

In the United Kingdom, parliamentarians said that the country’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to make the UK a leader in the regulation of artificial intelligence is under threat.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Atom Bank Partners With Assetz Capital for Commercial Mortgage Access

Assetz Capital will act as a key distribution partner for Atom commercial mortgage loan applications covering all UK regions

Science & Technology

Google Experiments With Watermarks for AI Image Identification

Google has introduced a technology that embeds a digital watermark directly into the pixels of an image, making it invisible to the human eye, but able to perform AI-generated image identification

Blockchain & Crypto

Court Favours Grayscale Over SEC in Spot Bitcoin ETF Case

Despite the legal victory of Grayscale, it’s too early for spot Bitcoin ETF proponents to cheer

Science & Technology

Baidu Reportedly to Get China Approval for AI Models

The media reported that this week China will approve the first batch of generating artificial intelligence services for public implementation.

Science & Technology

Startup Hyperproof Raises $40 Million

Hyperproof, which provides software as a service, on Wednesday, August 30, announced that following the results of a funding round led by Riverwood Capital and with the participation of the venture capital firm Toba Capital, which is at an early stage of development, it managed to raise $40 million.