Bitcoin miners get into AI to survive halving

Bitcoin miners get into AI to survive halving

The bitcoin halving took effect late on Friday, cutting the issuance of new bitcoin in half. Bitcoin miners have spent years diversifying their business models and upgrading their facilitates to brace for the cut to revenues. Some mining firms have diversified into supporting the underlying infrastructure necessary for artificial intelligence. AUSTIN, TEXAS — Adam Sullivan …

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It’s not just Wall Street. Local bank branches have big AI ambitions

It’s not just Wall Street. Local bank branches have big AI ambitions

The pandemic accelerated changes at big banks, where Chase and Wells Fargo already have branches that look more like lounges than banks. But it’s not just Wall Street-sized banks where AI is disrupting the way things works. Small, independent branches are also following, and experts and executives say they’ll use their small size and agility …

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Market likes AI technology for advertising, not health care

Market likes AI technology for advertising, not health care

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday shared what he learned from his two days at JPMorgan’s health-care conference. He marveled at the myriad of uses for generative artificial intelligence in health care, but concluded that Wall Street is more concerned with using that new technology for advertising. Cramer told investors that “Magnificent Seven” members Amazon and …

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Generative AI has landed on Wall Street. Here’s how it can help propel ‘massive’ revenue growth

Generative AI has landed on Wall Street. Here’s how it can help propel ‘massive’ revenue growth

Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty Images Like it or not, generative artificial intelligence has arrived on Wall Street — and experts expect it to transform the way firms do business. To be clear, artificial intelligence, like natural language processing and machine learning, has been used by wealth management and asset management firms for years. …

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Korean conglomerate LG and Qraft combine AI and asset management in this ETF

Korean conglomerate LG and Qraft combine AI and asset management in this ETF

South Korean conglomerate LG and Qraft Technologies partnered to launch an exchange traded fund that uses artificial intelligence to take investors’ emotions out of the stock-picking process. The LG Qraft AI-Powered U.S. Large Cap Core ETF (LQAI) , which debuted in early November, marks LG’s first step into tapping its AI technology for financial markets. …

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