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Hence those expecting to compete with the office robots will need more diversified education. They would do well to acquire a few skills that the robots cannot duplicate.
From ‘White Collar Robots’ Were Coming For Your Job in 1954 — Paleofuture.
That was from The Washington Post in October 1954.
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Additionally, a report by Transparency International found that £1.5bn of UK property – mostly in London – was bought by Russians who had been accused of corruption and/or sanctioned. The nonprofit also found that 2,189 firms registered in the UK and its overseas territories were used in 48 Russian money laundering and corruption cases. Combined, these cases involved more than £82 billion worth of funds disguised by rigged procurement, embezzlement, and bribery.
From Understanding Money Laundering in Real Estate | ComplyAdvantage.
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With the launch of iOS 17 this fall, Apple says users will be able to set up recurring payments with Apple Cash — handy for regular expenses, like rent, or for parents paying kids’ allowances, for example. In addition, Apple is announcing a new system that will allow businesses to accept IDs stored in Apple Wallet.
From Businesses will be able to accept IDs in Apple Wallet with iOS 17, among other changes | TechCrunch.
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In Europe where PSD2 SCA applies to a transaction, a merchant/TR can only submit a transaction (domestic/intra-regional) under the DAF if:
SCA has been completed either:
1. Under the VDAP program
2. Under an SCA bilateral outsourcing agreement
or:
1. The transaction is eligible for an Acquirer SCA exemption
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Israel-based Vestto, which uses artificial intelligence technology to connect the insurance industry and capital markets, is laying off 75% of its staff amid a growing scandal over the alleged use of a fraudulent letter of credit in a multi-billion dollar insurance transaction.
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That one company could become the global infrastructure for the digital identity for everyone on the planet, or for many billions of them at least, is a cause for concern amongst many.
From Worldcoin Wants To Be The World’s Digital Identity System.
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Following the footsteps of WormGPT, threat actors are advertising yet another cybercrime generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool dubbed FraudGPT on various dark web marketplaces and Telegram channels.
“This is an AI bot, exclusively targeted for offensive purposes, such as crafting spear phishing emails, creating cracking tools, carding, etc.,” Netenrich security researcher Rakesh Krishnan said in a report published Tuesday.
The cybersecurity firm said the offering has been circulating since at least July 22, 2023, for a subscription cost of $200 a month (or $1,000 for six months and $1,700 for a year).
From New AI Tool ‘FraudGPT’ Emerges, Tailored for Sophisticated Attacks.
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And a final side point: aside from Vitalik’s nonsense around ‘Soul-Based Tokens’, he’s getting dangerously close to actually understanding how digital ID could work using a digital wallet and ‘zero knowledge proofs’.
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Well, I disagree slightly. Soul-bound tokens aren’t nonsense, they are a very specific solution to a very specific problem, which is not the problem that most of us a trying to solve in the round.
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But there’s a new one worth watching. Headphones that can measure biometric signals and brainwaves.
While Elon Musk is busy embedding wet chips into your brain, Tim Cook is going ‘over the top’, adding sensors (and of course AI) into the devices we already wear. First watches, now smart in-ear headphones.
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If nothing else, these responses make clear that cash is much more than a payments technology. It is one of the purest and oldest forms of public good, a symbol of identity and sovereignty. Choices about this public good are, ultimately and rightly, ones for citizens rather than central bankers or cryptographers. They are social, not technological, choices — and sometimes emotional ones.
From: The real scandal of central bank digital currency | Financial Times.
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