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Flipkart’s ongoing expansion beyond major cities and heavy discounting is raising risks for India’s quick commerce startups, analysts say. Source: techcrunch.com Read Full Story
Fears of a private credit crisis arrived just as the growing and less transparent bond market was being included in more fixed-income ETFs. Source: www.cnbc.com Read Full Story
The OpenAI CEO’s new blog post responds to both an apparent attack on his home and an in-depth New Yorker profile raising questions about his trustworthiness. Read full article
Plus: Iran’s internet blackout hits the 1,000-hour mark, cryptocurrency scams result in a record amount of money stolen from Americans, and more. Read full article
From AI-generated images to restricted satellite data, the systems used to verify what’s real online are struggling to keep up. Read full article
The investor of the “Big Short” fame said he continues to hold long-dated put options on the artificial intelligence software firm. Source: www.cnbc.com Read Full Story
Builders and researchers discuss how AI agents are transforming crypto, from development and trading to entirely new financial systems. Source: www.theblock.co Read Full Story
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To protect enterprise margins, business leaders must invest in robust AI governance to securely manage AI infrastructure. When evaluating enterprise software adoption, a recurring pattern dictates how technology matures across industries. As Rob Thomas, SVP and CCO at IBM, recently outlined, software typically graduates from a standalone product to a platform, and then from a…