Arrested OpenAI engineer seeks bail, denies plans to flee U.S.

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Key insight: Intuit has added Meta’s Muse to its AI suite.  What’s at stake: Payment companies are pursuing agentic AI as a competitive differentiator. Expert quote: “As these tools scale, access to high quality data is essential for both the industry and regulators.”—Kaiko’s Thomas Probst Agentic artificial intelligence has become an arms race for payment…

Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem already warned that a fresh round of US tariffs and elevated global oil prices risk undoing Canada’s hard-won economic recovery. If the latest duties remain in place, the Bank estimates fourth-quarter GDP growth could be roughly halved to below 1%. The affected goods represent approximately 5% of Canada’s exports to the United…

BIS’s Hernández de Cos on AI, non-bank risk and tokenisation – Risk.net Skip to main content Close navigation menu End of drawer navigation content General manager talks about how the BIS is navigating a complex global environment Pablo Hernández de Cos has a full in-tray. As day-to-day head of the Bank for International Settlements –…

Marc Rowan is assembling a North Fork empire The Apollo CEO has spent roughly $30 million on more than 100 acres in East Marion. He says he has no plans to develop it — for now. That has prompted the same obvious question asked whenever a billionaire starts buying large quantities of waterfront property: What…