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The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana is warning residents about scam phone calls, and a rushed answer to one can cost you money or your identity.
Read more: Louisiana sheriff warns residents about scam phone callsMastercard says it will buy BVNK, a firm that links digital currency to bank money, which could make using crypto-style payments simpler for ordinary people.
Read more: Mastercard plans to buy BVNK to link digital currency and regular moneyAnthropic has launched Smart Reports, a tool meant to show what a company spends on AI and what it gets back, so owners can judge whether the bills pay off.
Read more: Anthropic adds reports to show what your AI spending is worthLaw firm Ropes & Gray is working with OpenAI on a tool to sort and summarize deal documents, and the lawyers will still check the results.
Read more: Big law firm Ropes & Gray is building AI to speed up deal document reviewMastercard earned $4.6 billion in the third quarter, up 18%, and its fraud and data tools are now a main source of growth. That affects how your card is protected.
Read more: Mastercard profit jumps 18% as data services drive growthA viral post says Bengaluru men on dating apps are being asked to prepay a cab that does not exist. Here is the pattern and why a screenshot proves nothing.
Read more: Dating app scam: fake cab bookings used to trick men into payingIndia's festive orders are forecast to jump 27.1%, and online stores are turning to AI to catch fake orders and false refund claims without blocking real shoppers.
Read more: Online stores use AI to catch fake orders and false refund claimsCrowdStrike says Chinese state-linked hackers used AI to go after 200+ organizations in 11 days. The speed is the point, and it affects ordinary businesses too.
Read more: China-linked hackers used AI to hit 200+ targets in 11 daysAmazon now lets AI assistants start the business workflows you already built on AWS, with approvals and rules kept intact at every step.
Read more: Amazon lets AI assistants run your business workflows step by stepNew data centers cost billions to build, but once running they employ only a few dozen people, which matters if your town is weighing one.
Read more: Data centers cost billions but employ only a few dozen peopleOpenAI says it uses several layers of monitoring to catch its most advanced AI models when they stray, so staff can step in early.
Read more: OpenAI explains how it watches its own AI for risky behaviorCasap, a startup that uses AI to handle card disputes, raised $56 million. Honest customers could get refunds sooner while false claims get caught more often.
Read more: AI startup Casap raises $56 million to fight "friendly fraud" at banksMark Cuban says many towns are signing weak data center contracts. If one is proposed near you, the fine print can decide your noise, water and power costs.
Read more: Mark Cuban says towns are signing bad data center dealsPakistan's telecom regulator has begun blocking WhatsApp accounts tied to inactive SIM cards, so a lapsed number could cost you your account.
Read more: Pakistan starts blocking WhatsApp accounts tied to unused SIM cardsElevenLabs says its in-house chat helpers answer 5,000 questions and open 150 tickets a month, a small model for any team buried in routine requests.
Read more: ElevenLabs says its AI helpers save staff 1,200 hours every monthA writer used an AI coding tool to turn his home into a Zelda-style game, and pressing A on a game light switch now flips the real one.
Read more: He turned his house into a retro video game to run his smart homeA card company executive says wrongly blocked purchases can cost banks far more than fraud, and he wants a passkey built into the card to fix both problems.
Read more: Banks lose more to wrongly declined cards than to fraud, exec saysMost international payments reach the recipient's bank in minutes, but local rules and hours can still slow the final step, say speakers at a Money20/20 panel.
Read more: Money crosses borders fast, but getting it to land still takes timeA marketplace software company says AI assistants may soon search, compare and buy for shoppers, so stores need product details that software can read.
Read more: Retailers get ready for shopping done by AI assistantsMollie now lets business owners create payment links and manage subscriptions by typing to Claude or ChatGPT, with human approval before money moves.
Read more: Mollie lets you run payments by chatting with Claude or ChatGPTServal, a startup that uses AI to handle workplace IT requests, tripled its value to $3 billion in under a year. Here is what it does and why it matters.
Read more: Serval, a startup that automates company IT help, hits $3 billion valueCircana, a firm that tracks what shoppers buy, has hired AI company Ode to speed up how it makes market reports for clients.
Read more: Market research firm Circana hires Ode to bring AI into its workA US cyber agency says attackers are pairing a Linux flaw with two PHP flaws to take full control of web servers. Unpatched sites are at risk.
Read more: Hackers are chaining two flaws to take over Linux web serversAccertify, a fraud-prevention company, is letting payment and sales platforms offer its tools, so your provider may soon add fraud checks beyond checkout.
Read more: Fraud-prevention firm Accertify opens a partner program for payment and sales platforms
