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Anthropic CEO Sees AI-Powered Advances Doubling Human Lifespans
Anthropic CEO Sees AI-Powered Advances Doubling Human Lifespans
January 23, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday (Jan. 23) that accelerated advances in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in biology, can lead to a doubling of human...

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TikTok Eyes Partial Sale and Doubling Down on AI
TikTok Eyes Partial Sale and Doubling Down on AI
January 23, 2025  |  Social Commerce

The high-stakes drama involving TikTok’s future in the United States and the financial strategies of its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, took a turn as investors...

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AWS, PepsiCo and Other CEOs Tell What’s Needed to Scale AI
AWS, PepsiCo and Other CEOs Tell What’s Needed to Scale AI
January 21, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

The CEOs of several Global Fortune 500 companies said artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing their operations, while acknowledging that most companies are still grappling with...

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Adoption of AI in Cybersecurity Grows, but Experts Say Risks Remain High
Adoption of AI in Cybersecurity Grows, but Experts Say Risks Remain High
January 21, 2025  |  Cybersecurity

With scams, fraud and new ways for criminals to commit financial crimes springing up seemingly by the hour, the World Economic Forum 2025 in Davos, Switzerland,...

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JPMorgan Exec: Trump Puts Banks Into ‘Go Mode’
JPMorgan Exec: Trump Puts Banks Into ‘Go Mode’
January 21, 2025  |  Banking

American banks are reportedly in “go mode” with Donald Trump’s return to the White House. So says Mary Erdoes, head of asset and wealth management for...

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Sam Altman: NY Times Lawsuit Not a Priority for OpenAI
Sam Altman: NY Times Lawsuit Not a Priority for OpenAI
January 18, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI’s chief executive is reportedly unconcerned about a lawsuit by The New York Times against his company. The newspaper sued OpenAI and partner Microsoft late last year, accusing the companies...

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Basel Chair: AI Regulation Should Be Coordinated Global Effort
Basel Chair: AI Regulation Should Be Coordinated Global Effort
January 15, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

The head of the world’s banking watchdog is calling for greater oversight of artificial intelligence. Pablo Hernández de Cos, chair of the Basel Committee on Banking...

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Global CBDC Real-Time Payment Network Launches in Davos
Global CBDC Real-Time Payment Network Launches in Davos
January 19, 2023  |  CBDC

Leave it to the lofty inspirations of the World Economic Forum to come up with the Universal Digital Payments Network. This, as the new cross-border...

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Today in Crypto: Portugal’s Parliament Rejects Crypto Tax Proposal; Tether Debuts Tokens Tied to Mexican Peso
Today in Crypto: Portugal’s Parliament Rejects Crypto Tax Proposal; Tether Debuts Tokens Tied to Mexican...
May 26, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Portugal’s parliament has turned down two new taxes on crypto, a report said, as the Assembly of the Republic looks into its state budget for...

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