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Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance

The Bank of England is reviewing whether existing rules can cover the use of agentic AI in finance, including payments, trading, cybersecurity, and operations. Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said existing regulatory frameworks were not designed for AI agents that can act without direct human instruction. Speaking at the European Central Bank Forum on central banking […] The post Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance appeared first on AI News.

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Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival

A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo—and freely issue any ticket he chose.

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Trump drops restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable models

Anthropic said it would begin restoring access to the Fable on July 1.

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The “Father of the Internet” is finally retiring

Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the protocols underlying the internet, will step down as Google's chief internet evangelist next week.

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Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation

Wayve’s offering is part of a growing trend of AI startups using employee tenders as a strategic tool to attract and retain talent.

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The Trump Administration Is Lifting Its Export Controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable AI Models

The White House is easing restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced AI models weeks after ordering the company to suspend access for foreign nationals.

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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds

EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.

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Claude Science is Anthropic’s newest flagship product

At an event for pharmaceutical executives, biotech founders, and researchers on Tuesday, Anthropic announced Claude Science, a major new product intended to support scientific research in the same way that Claude Code supports software engineering. Like Claude Code, Claude Science can autonomously carry out meaningful work when given concise, high-level instructions, and it has access…

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OpenClaw is finally available on Android and iOS

The free open source agentic program is finally invading your phone.

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Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard

Acti is betting the smartphone keyboard is the next home for AI assistants. The startup's new keyboard for iOS and Android works across apps and lets users create custom AI-powered shortcuts using natural language.

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Google's new Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is its fastest and cheapest yet

They may not look as good, but Nano Banana 2 Lite images only take a few seconds to create.

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Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content.

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AI browsers can be lulled into a dream world where guardrails no longer apply

Telling an LLM that 2 + 2 = 5 is enough to make it follow forbidden instructions.

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Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors

A year in, National Design Studio delays plan to update government web standards.

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Anthropic’s Claude Science bets on workflow, not a new model, to win over scientists

Anthropic's Claude Science is a workbench that gives scientists one environment to do computational research, saving them from the need to bounce between databases, pipelines, and tools.

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Roundtables: Longevity’s Next Frontier: “Reprogramming” Your Body

Listen to the session or watch below Billions of dollars are flooding into efforts to reverse aging as scientists explore ways to return cells to a younger state. But how far off are these experimental treatments? Will they really work? Watch a conversation exploring longevity’s new focus. Speakers: Mary Beth Griggs, science editor and Jessica…

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