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Meta Chief AI Scientist Slams Quest for Human-Level Intelligence
Meta Chief AI Scientist Slams Quest for Human-Level Intelligence
January 08, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun on Wednesday (Jan. 8) criticized prevailing definitions of artificial general intelligence (AGI), arguing that continued scaling of text-based large...

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Albertsons Doubles Down on Digital Post-Kroger Merger Setback
Albertsons Doubles Down on Digital Post-Kroger Merger Setback
January 08, 2025  |  Earnings

Under CEO Vivek Sankaran, Albertsons has invested heavily in digital transformation, customer engagement, and operational efficiency. Even after the halt of the proposed merger with...

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EU’s Instant Payments Deadlines Loom With Challenges for X-Border Payments
EU’s Instant Payments Deadlines Loom With Challenges for X-Border Payments
January 08, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

Instant payments in the European Union will reach a milestone Thursday (Jan. 9). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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How Real-Time Data Impacts Liquidity Performance
How Real-Time Data Impacts Liquidity Performance
January 08, 2025  |  B2B Payments

The premise of the 2002 film “Minority Report” revolves around using advanced predictive technology to stop crimes before they occur. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Business Payments Push The Clearing House and RTP® to Faster Payments Tipping Point
Business Payments Push The Clearing House and RTP® to Faster Payments Tipping Point
January 08, 2025  |  Faster Payments

Eight years after launching the RTP® instant payments network, The Clearing House logged a stellar 2024. Early Wednesday (Jan. 8), the consortium announced that more...

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Nearly Half of Rural Small Businesses Do Business With the Bank on the Corner
Nearly Half of Rural Small Businesses Do Business With the Bank on the Corner
January 08, 2025  |  SMBs

Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are considering a switch from national banks to local financial institutions (FIs) like community banks and credit unions (CUs). While...

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How Important Are Pharmacists in Getting Consumers to Use Traditional Drugstores?
How Important Are Pharmacists in Getting Consumers to Use Traditional Drugstores?
January 07, 2025  |  Retail

In the past decade, the U.S. has seen a dramatic decline in the number of drugstores, with nearly 30% of them disappearing from the retail...

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Nvidia and AWS Work on Autonomous Vehicle Tech; How Long Before Consumers Trust It?
Nvidia and AWS Work on Autonomous Vehicle Tech; How Long Before Consumers Trust It?
January 07, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are emerging as a use case for artificial intelligence, with Nvidia announcing partnerships with carmakers to develop self-driving technology using its hardware...

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CE 100 Index’s Strong 2024 Reflects Digital Economy’s Momentum
CE 100 Index’s Strong 2024 Reflects Digital Economy’s Momentum
January 07, 2025  |  Connected Economy

The stock market offers a snapshot, at any given time, of investor sentiment, which is driven by the fundamentals of companies, sectors and the economy...

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