Governance
Top tech news stories today: July 2, 2024
Anthropic launches AI benchmark funding, including for generative models like Claude, with incentives for capable organisations.
Headline
Anthropic launches AI benchmark funding, including for generative models like Claude, with incentives for capable organisations.
Context
Robinhood resolved a trading platform issue causing disruptions for users, with roughly 3,600 reported problems at its peak, as per Downdetector. The company apologised for the inconvenience. ( Investing.com ) Affirm Holdings confirmed that personal information of Affirm card users may have been compromised in Evolve Bank and Trust’s recent cybersecurity incident. Affirm’s systems were unaffected, and it continues to work independently to assess any potential data breaches. ( U.S. News )
Evidence
Pending intelligence enrichment.
Analysis
PomeGran Inc. has secured a $172 million Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) project, backed by federal and provincial funds, to bring gigabit broadband to Northern Ontario. ( Capacity ) Optus and Ericsson have successfully completed a pioneering pilot using Ericsson’s Interference Sensing technology in a live network, enhancing user throughput by 22% through real-time interference management. ( Erisson ) Nvidia faces potential charges from the French antitrust regulator over alleged anti-competitive practices, following raids and inquiries into its graphics cards and cloud computing sectors. ( Reuters ) Italy’s Treasury has chosen KPMG to assess PagoPA for a sale to the state mint and Poste Italiane. PagoPA handled €46.66 billion in public administration payments this year. ( The Star )
Key Points
- Fintech
- 1. Robinhood resolves issue that impacted trading platform services
- IT infrastructure
- 2. Affirm card users’ personal information possibly compromised in Evolve Bank cyber attack
- 3. PomeGran secures $172M to bring gigabit broadband to Northern Ontario
Actions
Pending intelligence enrichment.
