Ant International, Visa, and Mastercard have agreed to develop a shared "know your agent" framework for AI-driven payments, citing McKinsey projections that autonomous agents will handle $3 trillion to $5 trillion in global consumer commerce by 2030.

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Amazon has appointed Kevin Mandia, founder and former CEO of Mandiant, to its board of directors. Mandia received 4,086 shares valued at roughly $1 million as part of the appointment.

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Grindr has agreed to pay £26 million ($35.2 million) to settle a UK lawsuit alleging it shared users' HIV status with advertisers, with payments due in two installments by March 2027.

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CoreWeave CEO Mike Intrator said Wednesday that AI companies have not done enough to explain the technology's benefits to the public, as an Anthropic researcher's high-profile resignation and a bipartisan push for government AI transparency added to sector pressures.

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Silver Lake plans to merge French software firms Cegid and Silae in a deal valued at more than 10 billion euros ($11.6 billion), creating a combined entity with annual revenue of 1.6 billion euros and a 1,400-person AI development team.

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