The U.S. Department of Justice wants the court to disqualify all the expert witnesses of Sam Bankman-Fried, per an Aug. 28 court filing. According to the DOJ, SBF experts’ disclosure filings are insufficient, and their experience is misleading. The prosecutors further argued that these witnesses’ testimony may be irrelevant to…
The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance has removed Banco de Venezuela as a payment method on its peer-to-peer (P2P) trading service. This follows similar moves with sanctioned Russian banks last week, and is likely part of efforts to fall in line with international financial sanctions. According to Venezuelan users, Banco…
OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise on Aug. 28. This new offering provides enterprise-grade security and privacy, unlimited higher-speed GPT-4 access, longer context windows for extended inputs, advanced data analysis capabilities, and customization options. Since its introduction nine months ago, ChatGPT has been adopted by over 80% of Fortune…
The first-ever spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) launched on the European market has been classed as an Article 8 fund by its issuer firm, London-based Jacobi Asset Management. Funds included under Article 8 of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SDFR) are those that “promote environmental and/or social characteristics.” On…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have objected to an additional 3.7 million pages of discovery documents the U.S. government sent them in an Aug. 28 letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan. Per the letter, the prosecution initially dumped 4 million pages of documents on SBF on Aug. 24 before releasing this additional 3.7…
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance continues introducing more restrictions for Russian customers on its peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform. Binance P2P has banned Russian residents from using fiat currencies other than the Russian ruble, Binance announced on its Telegram channel on Aug. 27. Binance’s Russian clients residing outside the country have also been…
Lawyers representing Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, have filed an appeal claiming the former FTX CEO’s bail was revoked “in retaliation for him exercising his First Amendment rights” and not witness tampering as alleged. In an Aug. 25 filing in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, SBF’s…
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Food delivery service platform DoorDash is integrating AI technology for their restaurant clients, which will see customers communicating their food orders to AI-powered bots instead of busy in-house staff. According to an Aug. 28 announcement from DoorDash, the new AI-powered voice ordering system will answer customer phone calls, which will…
Consumers are developing a widening “trust gap” with companies using artificial intelligence, with many airing concerns about the potential unethical use of the technology, according to a new Salesforce survey. On Aug. 28 the customer relationship software firm released survey results from over 14,000 consumers and firms in 25 countries…