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Governments sign up to Council of Europe AI Framework Convention

UK, US and EU among the signatories on the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.

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Gen AI for compliance startup Sedric Ai raises $18 million

Amerian Express Ventures has joined an $18 million funding round in Sedric AI, a startup developing a dedicated compliance large language model (LLM) for financial services.

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Ant Group launches AI-powered 'life assistant' app

Ant Group has launched a new 'life assistant' app, Zhixiaobao, connecting users to a multitude of AI-agents trained for shopping, fitness and language learning.

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BIS field study show AI use can boost productivity among programmers

A Bank for International Settlements' field study on AI use by Ant Group programmers demontrated a clear boost in the number of lines of code produced by staff exposed to the Large Language Model.

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Lloyds to use AI to automate trade finance checks

Lloyds Bank is to use AI technology from Cleareye to eliminate the manual drudgery of paper processing and compliance checking for trade finance documentation.

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“Saving patient zero”: Blackwired's new approach to cybersecurity

Cyber risk has advanced to be the number one risk to the global economy.

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Goldman, Nomura tap Meta Llama AI models

Goldman Sachs and Nomura are among the companies using Meta's Llama open source artificial intelligence models.

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Stripe taps AI for cross-border commerce in Asia

US payments giant Stripe is bidding to build on its momentum in Asia with a host of new AI features to support cross-border commerce in the region.

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Klarna to use AI to halve workforce

Klarna saw revenue rise 27% in the first half of 2024, buoyed by its aggressive use of AI, which CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski says could help the BNPL giant halve its workforce.

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Visa in talks over £700m Featurespace acquisition - Sky News

Visa is in talks with Featurespace about a £700 million acquisition of the British financial fraud fighting outfit, according to Sky News.

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BBVA doubles AI staff numbers

BBVA has doubled the number of staff working on artificial intelligence to more than 400 as it opens new 'AI Factories' in Mexico and Turkey.

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Skyfire raises $8.5m to bring autonomous payments to AI agents

Former Google and Ripple executives have raised $8.5 million for a startup, called Skyfire, building a payments network that enables AI agents to make autonomous transactions.

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Transatlantic fintech alliance Fintilect goes live

Fintilect, a transatlantic alliance of three fintech firms owned by Parabellum Investments, has launched to provide banks with a full suite of AI-driven customer engagement tools.

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Using AI technology to drive sustainable solutions

IBM announced its joint endeavor with WWF Germany to use AI spatial capturing technology to enhance elephant tracking in Africa. This technology will be able to support conservation of African elephants, which can increase carbon storage in their forest habitats.

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Communify acquires Fincentric from S&P Global

Wealthtech entrepreneur John Wise and PE firm Stellex Capital Management have acquired S&P Global’s Fincentric business with a view to providing digital experiences and financial data distribution to the wealth, broking and asset management industries.

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Keir Starmer and Prince William used in deepfake crypto scam

Crooks are circulating AI-generated deepfake videos of Prince William and UK prime minister Keir Starmer on Facebook and Instagram to dupe viewers into scam cryptocurrency investments.

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ANZ creates 'AI Immersion Centre' for executive class

ANZ has partnered with Microsoft to launch an 'AI Immersion Centre' for the bank's leadership team at its Melbourne headquarter offices.

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CFPB and American Fintech Council stake out AI positions to Treasury

Responding to a call from the US Treasury, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the American Fintech Council (AFC) have both weighed in on the use of AI in financial services.

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Monzo offers 'do's and don'ts' for using AI in job applications

With AI tools such as ChatGPT now firmly embedded in the mainstream, Monzo has put together a list of 'Do's and don'ts' for using the technology when applying for a job with the digital bank.

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CommBank to equip all staff with AI training modules

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is rolling out an AI microlearning series to all employees.