AI & RoboticsNews

Meta announces its Superintelligence Labs Chief Scientist: former OpenAI GPT-4 co-creator Shengjia Zhao

July 28, 2025
Meta has appointed Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher and co‑creator of GPT‑4, as the Chief Scientist of its newly created Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). The announcement was made Friday by Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, noting Zhao will lead the lab’s scientific agenda alongside him and Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of Scale AI who Meta recently brought onboard as Chief AI…
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CryptoNews

Ripple, Circle, Fidelity Among 6 Crypto Giants Racing for US Bank Charter

July 28, 2025
A wave of institutional crypto adoption is accelerating as six digital asset banks await federal charters, poised to unlock nationwide operations under dramatically loosened OCC oversight. Federal Greenlight Incoming? 6 Crypto Banks Await OCC Approval Six firms seeking to offer digital asset services have submitted applications for a national bank charter to the Office of the Comptroller of the…
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Argentina Freezes Crypto Wallets Linked to Terrorism Financing

July 28, 2025
The Financial Information Unit of Argentina (UIF) has decided to freeze several cryptocurrency wallets linked to the financing of foreign terrorism. Authorities are focusing on a Syrian terrorist group known as Hay’et Tahrir Al-Sham and two suspects in connection with…
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Volkswagen Group captures 8 of Germany's 10 best-selling EVs in the first half

July 28, 2025
Volkswagen Group models dominated Germany’s electric car sales, taking eight of the top ten best-selling EVs in the first half of the year. Volkswagen drives Germany’s EV sales growth in H1 2025 Germany’s electric car sales rose 35% in the first half of 2025 with nearly 249,155 units sold, marking a new record. That’s a stark difference from the first half of 2024, after EV sales fell 16%…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Freed says 20,000 clinicians are using its medical AI transcription ‘scribe,’ but competition is rising fast

July 25, 2025
Even generative AI critics and detractors have to admit the technology is great for something: transcription. If you’ve joined a meeting on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or other video call platform of your choice at any point in the last year or so, you’ve likely noticed an increased number of AI notetakers joining the conference call as well. Indeed, not only do these platforms all have…
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