Artificial Intelligence

August 11, 2026 @ 12:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has experienced a series of high-level exits from its safety and ethics ranks in a short span of time. Chloé Bakalar, who served as the company’s head of ethics, stepped down less than twelve months after she arrived. Her departure follows those of Johannes… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 10:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Drata co-founder and CEO Adam Markowitz sees Artificial Intelligence’s rapid adoption creating an unprecedented trust gap that his company is perfectly positioned to solve. Drata empowers security teams to automate compliance, manage risk, and win with trust. Markowitz said trust is a scarce resource that… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shares of Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) rose after hours following news of a substantial long-term agreement for data center capacity tied to artificial intelligence workloads. Currently, Riot is up by over 15% in pre-market trading. The Bitcoin mining firm, which has been expanding into high-performance… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 8:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of BitMEX and chief investment officer at Maelstrom, has outlined a scenario in which Bitcoin could experience further short-term weakness before ultimately surging to extraordinary heights. In a recent essay, the crypto commentator suggested that the leading digital asset might trade… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered evidence that the North Korean threat actor known as Kimsuky is weaving artificial intelligence more deeply into its operations. The group, long associated with intelligence gathering and revenue-generating cyber activity for the regime, now appears to be experimenting with local large… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 3:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Two new Marqeta partnerships highlight this week’s list of fintech product release and partnership announcements. Marqeta, Google, expand child-focused Google Wallet capability Google can now bring tap-to-pay technology to the Wallet for kids experience, enabling supervised kids and teens to use their NFC-enabled Android phones… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Texas is intensifying its examination of large-scale power users as Governor Greg Abbott has instructed state regulators to thoroughly review every data center project seeking to connect to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid. The August 3, 2026 directive requires the Public Utility… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

UK artificial intelligence (AI) funding rocketed higher in the first six months of 2026, according to research from Traxcn. The report says that from January to June of 2026, UK AI firms raised $9.6 billion, a dramatic increase compared with the same period last year,… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 9:04 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

While Forward Financing saw the biggest number, several others reached unicorn status thanks to fresh capital. Forward Financing nabs $525M in new financing The package includes a $350 million variable funding note (VFN) facility alongside a $175 million asset-backed securitization (ABS). It grows Forward Financing’s… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 1:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Small and medium-sized businesses often face the same uncertainties as large corporations—unpredictable weather, fluctuating fuel costs, election-related policy shifts, or even the financial impact of promotional campaigns—but rarely have access to sophisticated risk management tools. A new artificial intelligence application called Blanket aims to change… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 12:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has announced a deliberate slowdown in aspects of its work on Astra, an advanced AI system still under development, after recent internal assessments raised the possibility that the model could possess high-level cybersecurity abilities. The company stated that evaluations conducted over several days revealed… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US State Department has introduced a new public-private collaboration known as the Freedom Tech Excellence Program, or FTEP. This initiative aims to strengthen American diplomatic efforts focused on digital liberty and free expression around the world by temporarily integrating specialists from the private sector… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 9:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Digital Assets sector had plenty to say on stablecoins, the Coldcard hack, and crypto investing this week. Stablecoins “It’s a demand-side story for treasuries at exactly the moment the traditional buyers are stepping back. “The traditional U.S. marginal debt buyer was the foreign official sector,… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based fintech ANNA Money has completed the purchases of and Business Data Group (BDG) UK Business Forums (UKBF). The deals advance the company’s aim of creating an AI-driven operating system that supports entrepreneurs from the moment they launch a company through ongoing management and growth. ANNA… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 1:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sam Blackshear, co-founder and chief technology officer of Mysten Labs, the team behind the Sui blockchain, has announced his departure from the company to take on a new role at Anthropic focused on defensive security research. In a series of posts on social media platform… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 12:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaMask has introduced its Agent Wallet, a self-custodial solution that enables artificial intelligence systems to perform onchain trading and other decentralized finance activities while remaining firmly under user oversight. Officially available as of early August 2026, the product addresses a core tension in emerging agentic… Read More

August 8, 2026 @ 12:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon is taking a leading role in assembling executives from banking and technology firms to confront emerging threats linked to artificial intelligence. According to individuals familiar with the matter, the head of America’s largest bank has been contacting chief… Read More

August 7, 2026 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Sabadell is said to be prioritizing artificial intelligence within a broader organizational overhaul to drive transformation and strengthen relationship banking. Spanish lender Banco Sabadell unveiled a significant redesign of its organizational structure, placing artificial intelligence at the core of its business transformation efforts. The… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is set to take over IBM’s (NYSE:IBM) controlling interest in a long-running technology joint venture with UniCredit, marking a significant shift in how one of Europe’s major banking groups manages its digital infrastructure. The move forms part of a broader, multi-year partnership… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 2:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

A UK AI Security Institute (IASI) report shares that an AI test using various agents ended up in19 unsanctioned actions against real people and organizations. The models tested are not publicly available. The report was published yesterday and involved a test last month. IASI says… Read More