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There’s a risk to the multi-function LTM approach, of course: A failure in a widely-deployed model could have system-wide consequences, which goes some way to explain Mastercard’s strategy of applying its technology alongside existing detection systems – at least, for the present. Mastercard hopes to increase the scale of the data used on the model and its overall sophistication. It’s also planning on API access and SDKs to let internal teams build new applications. The blog post emphasises the data responsibilities the LTM holds, mentioning privacy and transparency, model explainability, and auditability. Regulatory scrutiny of any system that influences credit…

Washington, DC – Tulsi Gabbard, the director of US National Intelligence, said that the United States intelligence community had assessed that Iran was not rebuilding its nuclear enrichment capabilities following US and Israeli attacks last year.The revelation on Wednesday appeared to undercut one of President Donald Trump’s key justifications for joining Israel in launching the latest war against Iran.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listTrump and his top officials have repeatedly cited Iran’s nuclear ambitions as one of the main reasons for abandoning ongoing diplomatic talks in favour of military action.“As a result of Operation Midnight Hammer,” Gabbard said…

When OpenAI launched Frontier in February, the announcement was described as a platform for enterprise AI agents. What it actually signalled was a challenge to the revenue architecture underpinning the software industry.Frontier is designed to act as a semantic layer in an organisation’s existing systems, connecting data warehouses, CRM platforms, ticketing tools, and internal applications so AI agents can operate with the same business context a human employee would have. OpenAI describes these agents as “AI coworkers” that can be on-boarded, assigned identities, granted permissions, and reviewed for performance.Early customers include Uber, State Farm, Intuit, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. OpenAI…

Wave of Israeli air attacks launched as ground offensive widens in south where Hezbollah are fighting Israeli forces.Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026Israel has attacked a building in Bashoura, a neighbourhood in the heart of Beirut, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported, with a blast and smoke rising over the area shortly after Israel issued an evacuation threat for the site.The attack was part of a deadly wave of Israeli strikes across Lebanon that killed at least 20 people and wounded 24 on Wednesday, according to the country’s Ministry of Public Health, with raids stretching from the capital through…

Artificial intelligence investment is entering a more selective phase as companies and investors look beyond early excitement and focus on the data centre infrastructure required to run AI systems.Recent analysis from Goldman Sachs suggests the market is moving toward what the firm describes as a “flight to quality.” In practice, investors are paying closer attention to companies that own and operate large data centres and computing infrastructure. Firms offering narrow AI tools or experimental software are receiving less attention.Goldman Sachs expects spending on AI infrastructure to grow rapidly as companies expand computing capacity for model training and deployment. Hyperscale cloud…

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s election success will extend his nearly 42 years in power.Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected for a fifth consecutive term, extending his nearly 42 years in power, according to provisional results.On Tuesday, Interior Minister Raymond Zephirin Mboulou announced on state TV that Sassou Nguesso received 94.82 percent of Sunday’s vote.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listState television also reported turnout of 84.65 percent; however, many polling stations in the capital, Brazzaville, on Sunday had short lines or no lines at all.Sassou Nguesso, 82, was…

Trustpilot is reported to be pursuing partnerships with large eCommerce companies as AI-driven shopping gains traction. In an interview with Bloomberg News [paywall], chief executive Adrian Blair said that AI agents acting on behalf of consumers require lots of information about the businesses they’re willing to interact with. He said the most effective systems will rely on datasets like those held by Trustpilot, adding that the company aims to work with major eCommerce sites to make greater use of its data. Trustpilot expects its operating margin to reach 30% by 2030, with the improvement linked partly to the use of…

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoIsraeli airstrikes have rained down on three neighbourhoods in Beirut, Lebanese state media reported, as the beleaguered nation says more than one million have been displaced since this punishing front in the wider regional war began more than two weeks ago.“A series of raids and artillery shelling targeted southern towns at dawn,” Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said on Tuesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes targeting the Kafaat and Haret Hreik areas” in the capital Beirut and another airstrike on a residential apartment building in the Doha Aramoun area, NNA…

The US Treasury has published several documents designed for the US financial services sector that suggest a structured approach to managing AI risks in operations and policy (see subheading ‘Resources and Downloads’ towards the bottom of the link). The CRI Financial Services AI Risk Management Framework (FS AI RMF) comes with a Guidebook [.docx] which gives details of the framework, developed by a collaboration among more than 100 financial institutions and industry organisations, with input from regulators and technical bodies. The objective of the FS AI RMF is to help financial institutions identify, evaluate, manage, and govern the risks associated…

United States President Donald Trump has said “numerous countries” have told him “they’re on their way” following his appeal for an international naval coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel war on Iran.Trump made the statement on Monday after over the weekend calling on a handful of countries to join the coalition. However, he did not identify any of the countries in question.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Numerous countries have told me they’re on the way. Some are very enthusiastic about it, and some aren’t,” Trump said.When subsequently asked which countries had pledged to join,…