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Finance teams are moving beyond AI pilots and proofs of concept. Their focus now is simple: measurable return on investment. New research from Basware and FT Longitude shows that while general AI initiatives delivered an average ROI of 67 percent last year, agentic AI systems achieved around 80 percent by
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Chinese technology giant Alibaba has stepped beyond chatbots and cloud computing into a rapidly emerging frontier: artificial intelligence that powers physical machines. This week, Alibaba unveiled RynnBrain, an open-source model designed to help robots understand their surroundings and carry out real-world tasks. The announcement signals China’s growing ambition in
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Shield AI is discussing a $1 billion raise. People familiar with the talks said the round would value the company at about $11 billion before the capital, or up to $12 billion after it. The size points to heated defense-AI demand still. The San Diego-based startup declined to comment Friday.
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Legora is in talks for a $6 billion valuation. The move would triple its last mark in just four months, signaling investors still want concentrated exposure to legal automation. It also lands after a public-market selloff tied to AI disruption fears. The round is not finalized and terms may change.
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OpenAI says DeepSeek is distilling US model outputs. In a memo to Congress, it warned the practice is growing harder to detect, raising concerns for paid AI services. That claim places model access at the center of policy. If outputs can be copied at scale, subscription moats shrink even as
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Taiwan’s exports jumped about 70% in January. The surge is driving expectations that Taipei will raise its 2026 growth outlook, even after 2025 delivered the fastest expansion since 2010. Equity investors have treated the AI supply chain as a macro trade. Crazy export numbers out of Taiwan for January.
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The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has chosen Red Hat to design a unified artificial intelligence and hybrid cloud foundation across its operations, marking a significant step in the department’s digital transformation. The world’s open source leaderRed Hat is the world’s leading provider of open source solutions,
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State-backed cyber groups from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia are increasingly using artificial intelligence to sharpen their attacks, according to a new quarterly report from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The findings show that large language models, including Google’s Gemini, are being integrated across the cyberattack lifecycle.
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Barclays reported a strong set of annual results for 2025, posting a 12% rise in pre-tax profit to £9.1 billion, up from £8.1 billion the previous year. Alongside the improved earnings, the bank raised its long-term performance ambitions, signalling confidence in its strategy as it leans more heavily
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Insurance companies are under growing pressure. Rising claims costs, repeated climate-related losses, and years of underwriting strain have forced the industry to rethink how it operates. At the same time, digital transformation efforts have often stalled before delivering real impact. A new wave of technology, known as agentic AI, is
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For years, cryptocurrency markets were defined by speed. News broke, sentiment shifted, and prices often reacted within minutes. That rhythm has changed. Today’s market moves more slowly and carries more weight, shaped less by headlines and more by capital allocation, ETF structures, and macro positioning that often unfolds quietly
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Cryptocurrency markets are increasingly serving as a proving ground for the next generation of artificial intelligence forecasting tools. With constant trading activity, open data, and global participation, digital assets offer researchers a fast-moving environment to develop and refine predictive models that go beyond the limits of traditional finance. Unlike conventional