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Banks’ Blockchain Bet Comes Down to Moving the Money

Banks’ Blockchain Bet Comes Down to Moving the Money
Banks’ Blockchain Bet Comes Down to Moving the Money
October 01, 2026  |  Blockchain

Wall Street’s embrace of digital assets has reached the point where saying a bank is “doing blockchain” reveals almost nothing about what it can actually...

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OpenAI Cracks Down on Insiders Sharing Data With Safety Watchdog
OpenAI Cracks Down on Insiders Sharing Data With Safety Watchdog
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI has “parted ways” with three employees who allegedly shared company information with an organization focused on artificial intelligence safety, the Wall Street Journal reported...

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Microsoft Targets Contact Center Market With Real-Time AI Voice Models
Microsoft Targets Contact Center Market With Real-Time AI Voice Models
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft has launched three new artificial intelligence models that can be used to power customer service agents, multilingual assistants, interactive learning experiences and live captions...

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DoorDash Opens Beta Waitlist for AI Text Ordering
DoorDash Opens Beta Waitlist for AI Text Ordering
October 01, 2026  |  Delivery

DoorDash customers can now order dinner by sending a text. The company’s new artificial intelligence (AI) agent works inside Apple’s Messages, builds the cart and...

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Amazon and Walmart Want Merchants’ Software Budgets
Amazon and Walmart Want Merchants’ Software Budgets
October 01, 2026  |  Retail

The retail landscape used to have four primary levers: share of shoppers, share of sellers, share of advertising dollars and share of wallet. However, artificial...

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St. Louis Fed Adapts FRED Database for AI Agents
St. Louis Fed Adapts FRED Database for AI Agents
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) has introduced a FRED MCP Connector that uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to simplify connecting FRED data with artificial...

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Armadin Raises $255 Million to Scale Agentic Cybersecurity Platform
Armadin Raises $255 Million to Scale Agentic Cybersecurity Platform
October 01, 2026  |  Investments

Cybersecurity firm Armadin says it has raised $255.5 million in new funding. The company’s Series B round, announced Thursday (Oct. 1), values Aramdin at more than $2.5 billion and...

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Fifth Third Launches Innovation Banking for Startups
Fifth Third Launches Innovation Banking for Startups
October 01, 2026  |  Banking

Fifth Third Bank has introduced a new offering aimed at startups and growth companies. Fifth Third Innovation Banking, announced in a news release Thursday (Oct. 1), combines the...

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