Finextra: Standard Chartered signs AI deal with Alibaba
This is an interesting move by Standard Chartered, choosing Alibaba Cloud as its strategic partner for AI technologies.
Finextra: NatWest hires AWS and Accenture to consolidate customer data across the bank
NatWest Group have hired Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Accenture to try and solve one of the biggest problems that all banks have – consolidating data so it can be easily managed and used.
White House: Winning the Race America’s Action Plan
The White House today released the AI Action Plan
ESGtoday: Google Signs Largest-Ever Corporate Fusion Energy Purchase Deal
Google signing a Fusion agreement is very forward looking!
SciTechDaily: AI That Thinks Like Us: New Model Predicts Human Decisions With Startling Accuracy
Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have created an advanced artificial intelligence system capable of mimicking human decision-making with impressive precision.
Forbes: Generative AI Vs. Agentic AI: The Key Differences Everyone Needs To Know
There is a lot of talk about Generative AI and Agentic AI. What is the difference?
Computer Weekly: Lloyds and Nationwide to use UK finance sector LLM
Lloyds Banking Group and Nationwide Building Society are set to roll out a GenAI tool that has been specifically designed for the UK finance sector.
Finextra: Lloyds appoints head of agentic AI
Lloyds Banking Group is building on its AI strategy with the appointment of Aritra Chakravarty from JIFFY.ai as head of agentic AI.
Allisraelnews: Israeli startup seeks to become Microsoft of quantum computing
Quantum computing is at a similar point today as personal computing was at the start – it is powerful but hard to use.
Fintech Futures: OakNorth boosts GenAI adoption with OpenAI partnership
Continuing the trend of banks partnering with LLM vendors, OakNorth is the latest to do this with OpenAI.