Financial Focus Column: AI in personal finance: The promise and the limits

By: Rene Andrade-Ixta Your smartphone buzzes with an alert: Your budgeting app has spotted an unusual spending pattern and suggests transferring $50 from your savings account to your checking account. Later that day, a robo-advisor automatically rebalances your investment portfolio. Welcome to the age of artificial intelligence (AI) in personal finance, where technology is reshaping…

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Passing the AI audit: What’s the worth of Nigerian university education?

When Kemi Badenoch, leader of the British opposition, warned recently that too many young people are refusing jobs they consider “beneath them”, her comments were framed as a quarrel about entitlement and labour shortages. But the deeper provocation lay in her plan to cut funding for “poor value degrees” and strengthen apprenticeships – a move…

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DeSantis outlines ‘AI Bill of Rights’ despite President Trump’s executive order

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed an “AI Bill of Rights” to protect Floridians amid rapid AI advancements, emphasizing transparency and control over personal data. TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined new proposed legislation aimed at putting stronger safeguards on artificial intelligence. It is a powerful technology that’s moving at lightning speed, and the…

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$1 million AI grant to be shared by California universities – Education

(The Center Square) – A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will go toward paying for artificial intelligence classes and other on-campus programs at two Inland Empire-area universities, according to officials and educators. University of California, Riverside and California State University, San Bernardino will each get portions of that $1 million, with $600,000…

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Google Releases Updated Gemini Deep Research

Google has released a “reimagined” version of its Gemini Deep Research agent, offering developers access to the tech giant’s most advanced autonomous research capabilities. Powered by Gemini 3 Pro, the updated system shifts Deep Research from a specialized, report-writing assistant to an autonomous research agent designed to conduct long-form reasoning and complex analysis. In essence,…

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Chinese fintech giant Ant upgrades AI health app to tap booming eldercare, wellness demand

Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has pressed ahead with its strategic move into the fast-growing healthcare sector with a major upgrade to its artificial intelligence health app AQ, positioning the platform to work like a fitness companion or a family doctor. The new features included integration of records from smart devices made by Apple, Huawei…

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No-Code AI Agents Vulnerable to Data Theft, Fraud: Tenable

No-code agentic AI platforms, such as Microsoft Copilot Studio, can be exploited through prompt injection to exfiltrate sensitive data and execute unauthorized financial transactions, reports Tenable Research. This manipulation highlights the severe operational and compliance risks organizations face when implementing AI without robust security governance. Tenable Research successfully hijacked an AI agent’s workflow, leading to…

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Revolutionizing Pulmonary Disease Detection with AI

In a groundbreaking study published in “Discover Artificial Intelligence,” researchers Sunil, M., Marzuqha, N., and Prusty, M.R. unveil a pioneering approach that combines advanced deep reinforcement learning with explainable artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly enhance the detection of pulmonary diseases. This research represents a vital stride in leveraging artificial intelligence for medical diagnoses, promising to…

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