Past the event horizon? OpenAI’s Sam Altman says so. New AI research backs him up
Researchers from Sakana AI and Google DeepMind have created AI that can improve its own code.
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Asian executives are ‘worried about productivity’—and the solution may be giving young workers more say in how things are done
Asian firms can no longer hire their way out of a productivity slump. “There are no more people,” Simon Tate, Workday's Asia president, says.
Unraveling the Allegations Against CoinsPaid: A Deep Dive into Financial Misconduct and Regulatory Evasion
Recent investigative reports by Shana Dovi on Medium have brought to light serious allegations against CoinsPaid, an Austrian crypto payment processor operating under Dream Finance OÜ in Estonia.
State Street bucked the AI trend by ditching outsourcing for in-house operations to cut costs. It’s working, COO says
“It was a big question mark with a lot of our stakeholders,” said Mostapha Tahiri, executive vice president and chief operating officer at State Street.
The Fed holds interest rates steady and forecasts two rate cuts for 2025
Faced with a blurry forecast for the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve continued its pattern of keeping interest rates at their current levels.
Feds seize $225 million in crypto from crooks who ran giant ‘pig butchering’ operation
This is the U.S. government’s largest-ever seizure of funds connected to crypto confidence scams.
What Southeast Asia’s largest companies say about a region in flux
Total revenue on the Southeast Asia 500 grew by almost 2% last year—but Trump trade policy could unwind those gains.
American Express hints at a big upgrade to its Platinum card, designed to lure a lucrative and fast-growing segment of customers
Cardholders between their twenties and forties make up 75% of Amex's new accounts acquired on its two premium cards, Platinum and Gold.
Stocks sink amid soaring Middle East tension, looming Fed decision
The S&P 500 dropped as Trump weighs whether to enter Israel’s war with Iran.
