PlainID, global provider of Identity Security, introduces Policy Management for Agentic AI. Policy Management for Agentic AI enables organizations to define granular policies that control what data AI agents can access, how they process it, and which actions they may take—ensuring that every AI-driven workflow abides by corporate and regulatory mandates. Key capabilities include: Identity-aware control – Enforce access based on human and non-human identity (NHI). Dynamic, fine-grained policies – Apply adaptable controls to every AI Agent interaction with data, APIs and services. Centralized policy management – Manage and govern all policies in one unified, standardized interface. Seamless integration – With popular AI platforms and orchestration frameworks Zero Trust Alignment – Ensure AI operations align with enterprise security and compliance frameworks, by design. Auditability – Gain full visibility into AI decision chains, access attempts, and policy outcomes. “As enterprises accelerate AI initiatives, PlainID empowers teams to govern AI data and decisions without compromising innovation. Through policy management and access enforcement, we ensure every AI interaction is secure, compliant, and policy-aware,” said Gal Helemski, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of PlainID.
Discord’s new virtual reward system allows users to redeem exclusive digital items from Discord’s Shop using the rewards earned by watching product videos or playing games
Discord is experimenting with a new virtual reward system aimed at encouraging more users to engage with its interactive ads. This new feature, called “Orbs,” comes on the heels of the company preparing for a potential IPO. Users can earn Orbs by completing “Quests,” Discord’s ad format where advertisers incentivize users to watch product videos or play games by rewarding them with virtual items. The addition of Orbs gives users the chance to redeem exclusive digital items from Discord’s Shop, including Nitro credits, profile badges, avatar decorations, profile effects, and items from main collections. The goal of Orbs is to encourage more interaction with Quests as Discord seeks to demonstrate to partners that it can offer a scalable ad business. The Orbs experiment may also entice users who don’t have a subscription to try Nitro, as they can spend Orbs on credits instead of using a payment method. For instance, users need 1,400 Orbs to get three free days of Nitro, which typically costs $10 per month.
Akool’s Live Camera uses AI that simulates human presence dynamically, analyzing live audio/visual inputs to generate responsive avatars, translate video calls and swap faces in real-time
Akool Live Camera uses AI to capture human movement and mimic that movement with a generated virtual avatar in real time. Akool can also translate speech in real time during a virtual meeting and also provide instant face swapping during a call. The AI technology listens to conversations in one language and instantly translates them into the selected target language, providing real-time, synchronized audio that matches the avatar’s lip movements and facial expressions. The company also offers lip-syncing for avatars in real time, where the avatar lip movements can match the words being spoken by a person in real time. This Akool Live Camera tool is a part of the Akool Live Suite, a first-of-its-kind collection of products that features live, real-time video generation with minimal delay. The suite includes live avatars, live face swap, video translation, and real-time video generation. Akool Live Camera sets a new standard in AI-powered video generation technology, going well beyond scripted, text-based prompts. This opens up a new array of possibilities for virtual meetings and live streams, especially when connecting with international audiences. Akool Live Camera is an interactive engine that simulates human presence dynamically, analyzing live audio/visual inputs to generate responsive avatars with expressions and contextual awareness. The combination of Akool’s AI and intuitive design empowers creators, educators and enterprises to connect more authentically and efficiently than ever. Key capabilities of Akool Live Camera include: Unmatched live interaction, Real-time multilingual translation, Dynamic expression and gesture mapping, Cross-platform versatility, Privacy-forward design,` and Market- and audience-specific customization.
Velocity’s Stablecoin Payment Account allows businesses to seamlessly manage fiat and stablecoin transactions in one place, eliminating the need for parallel systems or complex integrations
Velocity announces a $10M pre-seed funding round and emerges from stealth to launch the Stablecoin Payment Account. Traditional financial systems were not designed for a multi-asset economy, limiting the seamless integration of digital assets into existing infrastructure. Velocity bridges this gap by providing a platform where businesses can manage fiat and stablecoin transactions in one place, eliminating the need for parallel systems or complex integrations. Velocity’s Stablecoin Payment Account provides enterprises with a frictionless way to move and manage capital across banks, blockchains, and borders. Designed for seamless integration, the platform combines the speed and programmability of stablecoins, with the rigour and reliability of traditional finance —- solving real-world challenges in cross-border settlement, liquidity management, and treasury operations.
More Americans say they might need BNPL just to keep up, to help them manage household expenses in the next six months; report says
The latest CivicScience data show that both usage and intent in Buy Now, Pay Later have risen steadily since before the 2024 holiday season. As of May 27, 37% of those aware of BNPL use these services, up from 32% in Q3 2024. The percentage of those who are planning to use BNPL has also increased, ticking up to 12% from 9% in Q4 2024. Notably, usage and intent have also increased among high-income households ($100K+), with experience rising five percentage points since late last year. Users and intenders are particularly leery of looming tariffs – 84% of users and 83% of intenders are at least ‘somewhat’ concerned about the impact of tariffs and trade policies on their household expenses, outpacing non-users by at least eight percentage points (75%). While consumers are turning to BNPL for discretionary purchases, such as live events or food delivery, additional data finds that a noteworthy percentage of Americans worry they’ll have to utilize BNPL just to get by. More than one-third (36%) of consumers who don’t currently use a BNPL service are at least ‘somewhat’ concerned they might need to turn to a Buy Now, Pay Later program to help them manage household expenses in the next six months. This concern is most common among households earning under $50K, but notably, 19% of those expecting to make $100K also share this anxiety.
Apple’s LLM for Siri with 150 billion parameters equals the quality of ChatGPT’s recent releases but shows higher levels of hallucination
A new report claims that internally, Apple has already been testing Large Language Models for Siri that are vastly more powerful than the shipping Apple Intelligence, but executives disagree about when to release it. Apple is said to be testing models with 3 billion, 7 billion, 33 billion, and 150 billion parameters. For comparison, Apple in 2024 said that Apple Intelligence’s foundation language models were of the order of 3 billion parameters. That version of Apple Intelligence is intentionally small in order for it to be possible to run on-device instead of requiring all prompts and requests to be sent to the cloud. The larger versions are cloud-based, and in the case of the 150 billion parameter model, now also said to approach the quality of ChatGPT’s most recent releases. However, there reportedly remain concerns over AI hallucinations. Apple is said to have held off releasing this Apple Intelligence model in part because of this, implying that the level of hallucinations is too high. There is said to be another reason for not yet shipping this cloud-based and much improved Siri Chatbot, though. It is claimed that there are philosophical differences between Apple’s senior executives over the release.
Microsoft proposes GenAI Intent-based routing (IBR)- Customer Intent Agent discovers and manages intents, while IBR uses those intents to route conversations, connecting customer needs to the right support resources with speed and precision
Intent-based routing (IBR) is a generative AI-powered capability that routes customer queries based on real-time intent recognition and dynamic user group assignment. It is enabled by the Customer Intent Agent, which autonomously discovers and manages customer intents by analyzing past interactions and builds an evolving intent library. Customer Intent Agent discovers and manages intents, while IBR uses those intents to route conversations, connecting customer needs to the right support resources with speed and precision. Once an intent and its group are identified, IBR routes the conversation to the appropriate user group based on the mapped intent group. Next, IBR assigns it to the best-suited support representative within the group, based on their capacity, presence, and other routing attributes. This enables faster, more accurate resolutions. By turning intent from a passive insight into an active, intelligent routing decision, IBR becomes the operational backbone of an intent-driven contact center. Subsequently, this results in better assisted and self-service experiences. Implementing intent-based routing in your contact center can offer numerous benefits: Enhanced precision and personalization; Dynamic intent discovery; Streamlined routing configuration; Smarter workforce management and load handling; and Scalable and adaptable.
Neema’s Dynamic Routing uses multiple real-time routes between countries and instantly analyses exchange rates, speed, and reliability for every cross-border transaction to identify the optimal route
Neema launched Dynamic Routing, an innovative technology designed to enhance every transaction by maximizing both success rates and cost efficiency. Neema’s extensive cross-border payments network empowers financial institutions across the globe to effortlessly process transactions in over 120 countries. It accommodates the most widely used payment methods and currencies specific to each destination, ensuring that users experience a localized payment environment. The introduction of Dynamic Routing further extends Neema’s vision of building a globally connected financial ecosystem. Dynamic Routing, along with Neema’s vast network of financial partners, enables a smarter method for global money movement. Rather than depending on a single pathway, Dynamic Routing establishes multiple real-time routes between countries. Each transaction it powers undergoes instant analysis, taking into account factors such as exchange rates, speed, and reliability to identify the optimal route. Every payment is personalized, with transfers between the same countries often utilizing different, optimized routes. Additionally, Neema’s AI-driven security infrastructure and expansive international reach provide enhanced visibility into coverage and technical vulnerabilities, allowing the company to effectively address potential gaps while offering one of the most robust quality assurance systems in the industry.
NMI offers Tap to Pay on iPhone for merchants that enables them to accept all forms of contactless payments using only an iPhone and a supporting iOS app without requiring additional hardware
NMI now enables its U.S. customers to seamlessly and securely accept in-person, contactless payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone. Tap to Pay on iPhone allows merchants to accept all forms of contactless payments, including contactless credit and debit cards, Apple Pay and other digital wallets, using only an iPhone and a supporting iOS app — no additional hardware or payment terminal needed. Using Tap to Pay on iPhone is easy, secure and private. With Tap to Pay on iPhone, at checkout, merchants simply prompt the customer to hold their contactless payment method near the merchant’s iPhone, and the payment is securely completed using NFC technology. Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone technology uses the built-in features of iPhone to help protect business and customer data. Apple doesn’t store card numbers on Apple servers, so merchants and customers can rest assured that their data stays theirs. NMI now offers two quick and easy options for enabling Tap to Pay on iPhone: NMI Tap to Pay iOS SDK empowers SaaS developers and fintech providers to embed Tap to Pay capabilities directly into their own iOS applications creating one seamless payment experience. The Cloud Commerce iOS app, powered by Mastercard’s Cloud Commerce solution (available soon on the Apple App Store), enables small businesses to quickly start accepting payments with just an iPhone, no new hardware required.
InvestorFlow AI private markets capital solution integrates seamlessly into firm-wide capital formation and deployment workflows, automatically extracting proprietary often unstructured data found in in firm-wide interactions and meeting notes
InvestorFlow, the AI-powered front-office solution for private markets, announced new AI capabilities that transform unstructured interactions into actionable insights for capital formation and deployment. InvestorFlow AI delivers game-changing outcomes: from the early access program with top private market firms, clients recorded a 15X increase in actionable insights, including critical KPIs and in-quarter deal opportunities, and a 10X improvement in data accuracy — turning data into advantage at AI-scale. InvestorFlow AI integrates seamlessly into firm-wide capital formation and deployment workflows, automatically extracting proprietary often unstructured data found in firm-wide interactions and meeting notes, enriching that information with industry data providers including Preqin and Pitchbook, and generating intelligent, dynamic briefs for every fund, investor or deal opportunity. These insights are embedded directly into existing pipelines and workflows, accelerating decision-making and productivity where users already work. InvestorFlow AI cuts through the complexity, rapidly surfacing the most strategic and actionable insights from vast amounts of unstructured data. Whether in private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, real estate or credit, capital allocators increase optionality and originate the best opportunities by synthesizing insights from their proprietary data. InvestorFlow AI helps by identifying investor preferences and investment targets, generating precision-targeted investor lists for investor relations leaders, streamlining meeting preparation and follow-up, and accelerating co-investment campaigns, all at an accelerated pace.