Banks Adopt Trading FMs; Palantir UK Role Debated - AI Daily Brief
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⚡ AI trading models surge; GitHub paywall sparks debate; hackers use AI to breach accounts; NVIDIA launches AI PCs; Palantir controversy; Google fundraising; AI evaluation in crisis.
Today's Top 3 Headlines
- FinTech
🤖 65% of financial institutions use AI; NVIDIA trading foundation models power smart building.
NVIDIA blog: 65% of financial institutions use AI, nearly 90% deployed or evaluated; Revolut partners with NVIDIA on PRAGMA foundation models family, Mastercard builds large tabular foundation model. Significance: enables merging fragmented models & data for consumer finance.
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🤖 GitHub Copilot per-use billing sparks debate: $10 quota used up in a day
GitHub Copilot's AI credit billing: Pro plan ($10/mo) gives 1500 credits ($15), but many users exhaust them in a day. Developers face sudden cost spikes & opacity, need to monitor.
Source ↗ - Cybersecurity
🛡️ Hackers used Meta AI chatbot to breach Obama White House Instagram account
Meta confirmed hackers exploited its AI-powered chatbot to breach multiple high-profile Instagram accounts, including Obama's White House account. This incident underscores the risk of chatbots being used for social engineering attacks, potentially driving companies to enhance security audits of AI systems.
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- 🤖 NVIDIA launches first PC designed for AI Agents
- 🤖 Palantir's Rise: AI software sparks controversy in UK government
- 🤖 Google AI business raises funds, Anthropic considers IPO options
- 🤖 RAG is not machine learning, ML toolkits solve the wrong problem
- 🤖 AI learns to 'see through' tests: evaluators in trouble
- 🤖 Google AI virtual try-on tech recreates real wrinkles