Cloudflare Kitesurf & X402 Protocol Tools Fast Track Agentic AI Checkout
Cloudflare Kitesurf and the x402 agent payments protocol could bring AI agents one step closer to shopping and paying without human help.
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US to Share AI Leadership With China, Say 56% of Investors: Robocap
The era of undisputed US dominance in artificial intelligence may be numbered. At least according to the people who decide where billions of investment dollars go next.
AI Governance Is Everyone’s Priority But Almost Nobody Can Explain What It Actually Means
By Justin DiPietro, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Glia “Move fast or get left behind” and “slow down until it’s safe” are the dominant narratives on banking AI. Neither is a viable strategy.
Nvidia Cuts OpenAI Guarantee as AI Infrastructure Debt Takes Shape
Nvidia is reducing the financial support it planned to provide for a major OpenAI data center project in Ohio, but the move may point to something larger than a change in one technology deal. It highlights how financing for artificial intelligence infrastructure is increasingly moving toward private credit and institutional investors.
Nvidia Gathers Over 100 Tech Peers in SAFE Initiative to Deliver AI Incident Guidance
Nvidia, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Cloudflare, Microsoft, IBM, Hugging Face, Databricks, Salesforce, SpaceXAI, and hundred more tech firms are supporting the Open Secure AI Alliance (OSAA) SAFE Framework aimed at standardizing reporting for cases when AI agent or an automated system makes unauthorized, unintended or otherwise unsafe actions.
Malaysia’s AI Future Takes Centre Stage as World AI Show Returns for Its 48th Global Edition
Artificial intelligence has moved beyond being an emerging technology to become a defining pillar of Malaysia’s economic and digital ambitions. As the country accelerates investments in AI infrastructure, sovereign cloud capabilities, and enterprise-wide transformation, the focus has shifted from experimentation to execution. Against this backdrop, World AI Show Malaysia returns for its 48th Global Edition […]
Physical AI Moves Into Hospitals
Artificial intelligence in its physical form is starting to enter the hospital floor. A growing number of health systems and technology vendors are testing machines that combine AI decision-making with physical action. This category is increasingly called “physical AI” to be distinguished from, say, generative AI tools that only generate textual recommendations.
Affiliate Leaders Summit 2026 Puts AI, SEO and Performance at the Heart of the Agenda
The Affiliate Leaders Summit will place SEO, AI, content, and performance marketing at the heart of its 2026 conference agenda as it debuts as a standalone event co-located with SBC Summit.
Banks Start Racing the Quantum Clock on Encryption
Quantum computers powerful enough to break today’s encryption do not exist yet. But banks are already treating that future as a present-day deadline, according to a new analysis published by The Quantum Insider on August 7.
D-Wave and Nasdaq Verafin Team Up to Fight Financial Crime With Quantum Computing
Quantum computing is edging into the world of bank security. D-Wave Quantum and Nasdaq Verafin, the anti-money laundering and fraud technology arm of Nasdaq that serves more than 2,800 financial institutions holding a combined $13 trillion in assets, announced an agreement on August 3, 2026, designed to evaluate whether quantum computing can improve financial crime […]
AI Investment Is Now Driving About a Third of US Economic Growth
A growing body of research is pointing to the same uncomfortable number: somewhere around a third of US economic growth right now traces back to AI. Not AI products people use daily, but the spending behind them.
Beyond Passwords: Why Non-Human Identities and API Vulnerabilities Are Banking’s Weakest Cyber Link
For years, banks worried mostly about threats coming from people. Think of stolen passwords, phishing emails, and careless clicks. That threat hasn’t gone away, unfortunately. And yet, right next to it, a bigger, quieter one has risen and overtaken the previously known cybersecurity issues. It’s called a “non-human identity,” and most people outside IT departments […]
Card Networks to Begin Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration On Payment Rails Through 2030
Although Visa, Mastercard, SWIFT, and other payment infrastructure providers have not announced firm migration deadlines, governments are beginning to establish them. The U.S. federal government’s goal of transitioning critical cryptographic systems by around 2030 is widely viewed as an important benchmark that could influence planning across the broader financial services ecosystem, including payment networks, PSPs, […]
EU AI Act: Omnibus Law Pushes High-Risk Obligations to December 2027
August 2, 2026 was expected to be the EU AI Act’s largest compliance deadline. It was not. Here’s what’s happening to Europe’s most wanted regulation on artificial intelligence.
Amazon’s Custom AI Chips Business Surpasses $20B Run Rate
Amazon’s investment in custom silicon is quickly turning into one of the company’s most important growth engines. In the wake of its latest earnings report, the company revealed that its custom chip portfolio, including Trainium AI accelerators, Graviton CPUs, and Nitro networking processors, has now exceeded a $20 billion annual revenue run rate.
The UAE’s Newly-Regulated Commercial Gaming Market is Slowly Taking Shape
The gambling sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has moved forward at a measured pace since the country established a regulated commercial gaming market in 2023. Recent developments show that international gaming companies and local regulators are laying the foundations for long-term growth.
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