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Experian Launches Credit Score App in ChatGPT, Enhancing Financial Access
New tool enables users to check credit scores effortlessly via ChatGPT.Highlights: Experian's app allows users to check credit scores through ChatGPT.Users access personalized credit insights and tips.The launch aims...
FinTech
US Senate Passes Bill Banning Issuance of CBDCs
Legislation aims to restrict the development of digital currencies by the Federal Reserve.Highlights: The US Senate approved a...
FinTech
Truist Expands Open Banking Offerings with Plaid Partnership
Collaboration aims to enhance customer access to financial services.Highlights: Truist collaborates with Plaid for open banking expansion.The partnership...
FinTech
UK’s National Fraud Database Reports 444,000 Fraud Cases in 2025
Cifas reveals a significant rise in reported fraud incidents across the UK.Highlights: Cifas reported 444,000 fraud cases in...
FinTech
Zelle and BofA Accelerate Charitable Disbursements
New partnership aims to streamline donations through Zelle's platform.Highlights: Zelle partners with Bank of America for charitable donations.New...
What is a liquid neural network, really?
The initial research papers date back to 2018, but for most, the notion of liquid networks (or liquid neural networks) is a new one....
OpenAI acquires AI design studio Global Illumination
OpenAI, the AI company behind the viral AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, has acquired Global Illumination, a New York–based startup leveraging AI to build creative tools,...
Meet Marqo, an open source vector search engine for AI applications
Vector databases are the unsung heroes of the modern AI movement, storing unstructured data such as images, videos and text to enable people and...
Anthropic launches improved version of its entry-level LLM
Anthropic, the AI startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI execs, has released an updated version of its faster, cheaper, text-generating model available through an API, Claude...
Deal Dive: This AI startup is racking up government customers
Tax evasion, money laundering and other financial crimes are massive, costly issues. In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service estimated that the U.S. loses $1...
DARPA launches two-year competition to build AI-powered cyber defenses
As a part of an ongoing White House initiative to make software more secure, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to launch...
Data visualization startup Virtualitics lands $37M investment
Many companies grapple with data challenges. In a 2019 survey, Deloitte reports that 67% of executives aren’t comfortable accessing or using the data at...
US climate tech start-up Persefoni secures $50m in Series C-1 funding round
US climate tech start-up Persefoni secures $50 million in funding, launches PersefoniGPT, an AI tool for carbon accounting and climate management.
FactsPersefoni, a climate...
Ladies and gentlemen: The dregs of the SPAC boom
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