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MoonPay opens PayBox for AI agent transactions

MoonPay, the global financial technology company powering the movement of value across fiat and digital assets, has launched PayBox, the first payment vault built for AI that lets a person's AI agent transact on the open internet without leaving the conversation.
Finextra AI yesterday Agents & autonomy

Park Benches And Supreme Court Benches

And Todd Blanche keeps trying to get over the Judiciary speedbump. The post Park Benches And Supreme Court Benches appeared first on Above the Law .
Above the Law (legal tech) yesterday Regulation

Navy using LETHALITY Consortium to advance network consolidation initiative

The initiative is intended to modernize and consolidate IT and data architectures at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division. The post Navy using LETHALITY Consortium to advance network consolidation initiative appeared first on DefenseScoop .
DefenseScoop yesterday Military & security

New Staffing Models Put Strong Teachers Out Front

In Carlsbad, N.M., a tiny district in the southeastern corner of the state, nine of its 12 schools have turned teacher assignments upside-down, inviting their best teachers to coach a team of colleagues, model lessons and take direct responsibility for the achievement of every student the team serves. In exchange, each teacher-leader earns substantially more […]
The 74 (education AI) yesterday Children & education

Why trust has become Nigeria’s next digital payments challenge

Nigeria no longer has a payments problem. It has a trust problem. That is the central argument of a new report by Bridgforte, a policy research institute, published in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Innovation Hub in Lagos, which argues that confidence in Nigeria's financial system is now determined less by how quickly money moves than by how reliably the system responds when something goes wrong. The country processed more than ₦1.2 quad
TechCabal (Africa) yesterday Regulation

Rogue OpenAI agent compromised second tech firm's customer

An OpenAI agent compromised a customer of another technology company, the New York-based firm Modal Labs announced Wednesday. In a technical timeline posted Tuesday, the tech startup Hugging Face explained how an OpenAI agent escaped the AI firm's isolated testing sandbox and accessed another testing environment "hosted by a user of a third-party infrastructure provider."...
The Hill Technology yesterday Agents & autonomyEnvironment

Students: Is A.I. Changing Your Life? Tell Us.

We’re looking for college and high school students to tell us about A.I.
The New York Times yesterday Children & education

Mail spent £35m fighting Harry’s ‘campaign for Leveson 2’ privacy claim

Claim was launched with 'blaze of publicity' and 'monstrous all-out attack' on Mail. The post Mail spent £35m fighting Harry’s ‘campaign for Leveson 2’ privacy claim appeared first on Press Gazette .
Press Gazette (AI/journalism) yesterday Privacy

Jim Cramer says Seagate is the ‘key to this market’ after blowout earnings

Jim Cramer said investors should look to Seagate Technology as a barometer of whether the AI infrastructure trade can regain momentum on Wednesday.
CNBC Technology yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Gibson Dunn Snags Wachtell Partners… But One Planned Lateral Got Literally & Figuratively Benched

The partner from the viral makeout video lost out on a planned move to Gibson Dunn. The post Gibson Dunn Snags Wachtell Partners… But One Planned Lateral Got Literally & Figuratively Benched appeared first on Above the Law .
Above the Law (legal tech) yesterday Regulation

Nigeria tests investor appetite with sale of former telecom monopoly ntel

The process remains in its early stages. No investors have emerged yet, AMCON spokesperson Jude Nwauzor said.
TechCabal (Africa) yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Les États-Unis interdisent les robots humanoïdes chinois, au nom de la sécurité nationale

La FCC a ajouté les robots humanoïdes et les onduleurs électriques fabriqués à l'étranger à sa liste noire des équipements jugés dangereux pour la sécurité nationale américaine. Une décision qui vise sans le dire la Chine, leader mondial de la robotique avancée.
Numerama (FR) yesterday Agents & autonomy

Meet the EU team leading the world’s first bona fide regulation of AI

A new European Commission unit is about to have the power to fine or even shut down top AI platforms if they don't ensure safety.
Politico Europe Technology yesterday Regulation

“Stateful systems are incredibly hard to build”: How Perplexity thinks about AI agent sandboxes

Sandboxes for AI agents may feel like a solved problem. After all, projects like Firecracker, the open-source microVM technology AWS built The post “Stateful systems are incredibly hard to build”: How Perplexity thinks about AI agent sandboxes appeared first on The New Stack .
The New Stack AI yesterday Agents & autonomy

Toheeb Popoola found Photoshop by accident. It changed his life.

As his family's financial situation worsened, earning an income became just as important as pursuing a university education.
TechCabal (Africa) yesterday Children & education

The Fed meeting, Ford earnings, Trump's investment portfolio and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.
CNBC Technology yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Tencent-owned Lightspeed LA is laying off staff

The Last Sentinel developer attributes the job cuts to a shift in creative and development direction for the project.
Game Developer (AI) yesterday Jobs & economy

FTSE 100 hits record high despite AI sell-off

Strong corporate results buoy market as investors move money away from tech and semiconductor stocks London’s FTSE 100 stock index has touched a fresh high, driven by strong corporate results as investors moved money away from tech and semiconductor stocks amid the global tech stock sell-off . The UK’s blue chip index rose as high as 10,951 points on Wednesday morning before falling back slightly, its best level since 27 February, the day before the US and Israel began attacks on Iran and sparke
The Guardian yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Open weights vs. closed: An AI civil war's afoot, and the stakes are existential

It started as China vs. the US, but it's become a face-off between two fundamentally different ways of building LLMs. And the safety of everything is on the line.
ZDNet AI yesterday Safety & alignment

Atlassian tightens tracking of staff AI use as other technology firms encourage ‘tokenmaxxing’

Some companies reportedly using leaderboards for employees who used the most AI in their work Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Software firm Atlassian has sought to tighten tracking of its staff’s AI spending by introducing “wallets” with monthly caps of up $2,000 for each employee, amid an explosion in costs at other tech companies. The move by Atlassian, which recently cited AI as part of the reason behind cutti
The Guardian yesterday Privacy

Compliance is becoming infrastructure, not overhead

For years, financial institutions have treated compliance as a cost of doing business. A regulation ...
Finextra AI yesterday Regulation

BAR EXAM DISASTER! All The Details From Around The Country.

The rollout of the NextGen bar exam left a lot to be desired. The post BAR EXAM DISASTER! All The Details From Around The Country. appeared first on Above the Law .
Above the Law (legal tech) yesterday Regulation

FCC Bans Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots, Targeting China Over National Security

China has criticized the move, accusing the U.S. of protectionism.
Broadband Breakfast yesterday Military & securityAgents & autonomy

Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls

The startup analyzes calls, messages, and CRM data to identify effective sales techniques and turn them into playbooks for AI agents.
TechCrunch yesterday Agents & autonomy

Patch-Resistant 'RufRoot' Flaw Can Unleash Malicious AI Agent Swarms

The vulnerability in the AI hosting platform Ruflo allows an unauthenticated attacker to take over the system and corrupt memory, so bad behavior can persist after patching.
Dark Reading (AI security) yesterday Agents & autonomy

Opinion: Threat of Deportation, Program Cuts Disrupt Student Learning

Once upon a time, a knight in shining armor rode his gallant steed into a village where he was met with cheers and celebration. I like to believe that these heroes still exist — I know one named Fluviano. He’s a student in my English language development class. He does not ride atop a gallant […]
The 74 (education AI) yesterday Children & education

Brussels rises against FIFA President Infantino’s plan to bring in private investors

Brussels rises against FIFA President Infantino’s plan to bring in private investors    politico.eu
Politico Digital Future Daily yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Trump administration bans foreign-made humanoid robots in move targeting China

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned imports of foreign-produced humanoid robotic devices and power inverters, citing “national security” as its primary concern. The devices were added to the FCC’s covered list, meaning the products posed an “unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the safety and security of United States...
The Hill Technology yesterday Military & securityAgents & autonomy

The latest Orange Rag Product Table – link here

If 2024 was about GenAI experimentation and 2025 was about finding use cases, 2026 is the year of operationalisation, governance and control. Take a look at our product launch table […] The post The latest Orange Rag Product Table – link here appeared first on Legal IT Insider .
Legal IT Insider yesterday Regulation

Minister apologizes as Korean leveraged ETF investors nurse heavy losses amid chip stock rout

Korean retail investors have racked up heavy losses from leveraged bets on stocks, following rule changes earlier this year.
CNBC Technology yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Siobahn Day Grady Wants Everyone to Be AI Literate

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the skills employers expect from new graduates. In response, universities are scrambling to launch new courses, research centers, and industry partnerships that prepare students for today’s workforce. But building a cutting-edge AI curriculum demands funding and access to industry networks, resources that remain unevenly distributed across higher education. At North Carolina Central University, Siobahn Day Grady is trying to change that equation. In January 2
IEEE Spectrum yesterday Jobs & economyChildren & education

How a medical database developed at MIT evolved into a global standard of data-sharing

The visionary PhysioNet platform launched 25 years ago, based on a system developed at MIT in the 1970s. It has become one of the most comprehensive biomedical and clinical data repositories in existence.
MIT News yesterday Healthcare

Exclusive: Rent the Runway cofounder Jenn Hyman is taking over IPO-bound Babylist as it nears $1 billion in revenue

Babylist founder Natalie Gordon will become executive chair, in a rare founder-to-founder CEO transition.
Fortune AI yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Turning 10x developers into 10x value

When I sit down with leaders and ask why they’re investing in AI, the answer almost always comes back to The post Turning 10x developers into 10x value appeared first on The New Stack .
The New Stack AI yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Brookfield to turn former nuclear weapons site into AI campus

Canadian investment group to partner utility NextEra on data centre in Kentucky
Financial Times Technology (headlines) yesterday Military & securityFinance, VC & PE

Künstliche Intelligenz: Hackerangriff von OpenAI umfangreicher als bislang bekannt

Der Angriff einer KI von OpenAI hat größere Ausmaße als bislang vermutet. Der KI-Agent attackierte vier weitere Onlinedienste und griff gezielt fremde Zugangsdaten ab.
Zeit Digital (DE) yesterday Agents & autonomy

SpaceXAI veut faire annuler la loi du Minnesota contre la « nudification »

SpaceXAI part en croisade contre une loi du Minnesota interdisant les technologies de « nudification », qui permettent de générer des deepfakes dénudés de personnes réelles. L’entreprise est la première concernée, puisque son chatbot Grok est massivement utilisé pour créer ces images. En début d’année, Grok était sous le feu des critiques : le chatbot de xAI […]
Next (FR, ex-INpact) yesterday Misinformation

‘Explosive demand’ for cooling continues as Europe swelters, China’s Midea says

Chinese home appliance maker Midea reported that European demand for its air conditioners continues to soar amid recurrent heatwaves, with two of its factories receiving hundreds of thousands of new orders in a month. The factories, in the eastern city of Wuhu and the southern port city Guangzhou, received new European orders for 200,000 units within a month amid “explosive demand”, the company said in a statement on Wednesday on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s investor Q&A platform. The company..
SCMP Tech (HK/CN) yesterday Finance, VC & PE

STAT+: Why benchmarking clinical LLMs from OpenEvidence, Doximity is complicated

In this edition of AI Prognosis: A conversation about benchmarking leading clinical chatbots, investor view on AI in biopharma, and more.
STAT News (health AI, headlines) yesterday HealthcareFinance, VC & PE

Consent, Not Nudity, Should Define Image-Based Abuse Laws

Tech Policy Press yesterday
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