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Tweedy Risk Consulting has resumed operations after a two-year hiatus. It is renewing its independent advisory and publishing work as AI reshapes technology.
Read the original →A California homeowner said a change in CSAA's wildfire-risk software was followed by a sharp increase at renewal.
Read the original →Rumors of a liquidation at AI-focused hedge fund VARA are renewing attention on the risks of leveraged bets concentrated in AI-related stocks.
Read the original →The article argues that stocks, Treasuries, corporate bonds, commodities and private markets should be viewed as parts of one portfolio. Developments in one corner of the market can quickly affect prices and expected returns elsewhere, and looking at asset classes in isolation risks missing the broader picture.
Read the original →Markets are increasingly tied to a few giants, so a stumble in NVIDIA, Apple or Microsoft could ripple through index funds. The article walks through three large-cap U.S. companies that are less dependent on the AI story or mega-cap momentum.
Read the original →Bloomberg reports that Stripe finalized a deal worth more than $7 billion for AI router OpenRouter. That is 5.4 times its $1.3 billion valuation in May 2026, set by investors including CapitalG and a16z.
Read the original →CoreWeave, a $39 billion AI infrastructure company backed by Nvidia, saw its shares fall more than 15% as concerns grow about an AI bubble and heavy debt burdens.
Read the original →HKMA’s responsible-AI guidance has been issued. Second-cohort trials are complete, but further agent testing, data-sharing and governance rules remain planned.
Read the original →MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings will take part in the government's AI development plan. It will provide its own encryption technology so that individuals cannot be identified even when insurance contract or bank loan information is entered. The company aims to develop new financial services with domestic AI, joining through Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance as early as October in the generative AI project run by NEDO.
Read the original →Credit concerns at US cloud services startup CoreWeave set off growing wariness in the market that investment in AI infrastructure may slow.
Read the original →The Chinese-developed AI penetration-testing tool ARTEX is suspected of being misused in large-scale cyberattacks targeting major South Korean banks and others. South Korean financial authorities announced on October 14, 2026 that 16 institutions were affected and about 100,000 items of personal data leaked. ARTEX's developer stopped publishing the source code after the misuse, but already distributed code is hard to recall and a commercial version has begun rolling out.
Read the original →American Express has published the design of "Intent Intelligence". It uses purchase conditions approved by the user for matching at payment time and for dispute handling.
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