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Few figures have loomed larger in recent public dialogue over artificial intelligence than Geoffrey Hinton, the groundbreaking AI researcher who famously left Google Brain in May, saying he wanted to be free …
Toronto Takes on Silicon Valley to Become AI Startup Hub Read More
LONDON — The U.K. will invest £1 billion over the next decade to secure semiconductor supplies and boost its chip design sector, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced in the early hours …
UK plays catch-up in chips war with £1B semiconductor strategy Read More
Sho Hayashi might be a walking cliche in San Francisco or Austin. The 33-year-old founder, with two successful startups and a string of degrees to his name, met me in …
Japan’s sleepy tech scene is ready for a comeback Read More
It is eleven o’clock in the morning at the Madrid headquarters of the Renta 4 bank and a group of eight young people from various countries are typing away concentrated …
AI: When the machines tell you where to invest: ‘You won’t always win’ Read More
In January 2022, Peter Mwanzo, a senior Nairobi police officer, became a high-profile victim of mobile money fraud. Scammers replaced his SIM card remotely, transferred 597,100 Kenyan shillings ($4,575) …
M-Pesa has been huge for Kenya’s economy — and for scammers Read More
Nick Bernards looks at financial solutions to poverty and their remarkable durability. In 2019, World Bank vice president for equitable growth, finance and institutions, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, sang the virtues of …
Where is credit due? Read More
Artificial intelligence (AI) has now closely matched or even surpassed humans in what were previously considered unattainable areas. These include chess, arcade games, Go, self-driving cars, protein folding and much more. This rapid technological progress has …
Humans v AI: here’s who’s better at making money in financial markets Read More
Indian investors are flocking to cryptocurrency like never before and the trend could be a dangerous one. Indians had parked nearly $6.6 billion in cryptocurrency until May this year, as compared …
Why India’s cryptocurrency boom is problematic Read More
Whether you use Klarna all the time or have barely heard of it, it’s time to start paying attention: the buy-now-pay-later app has just become the biggest private fintech company …
The Klarna Conundrum Read More