August 14, 2025
Google’s use of AI to power search shows its problematic approach to organizing information
From government documents to news reports, commerce, music and social interactions, much of the world’s information is now online. And Google, founded in 1998 with the mission “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” is ...
July 30, 2025
ICMA updates repo agreement for digital assets
Image by Ledger Insights The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published a digital assets annex for its Global Master Repurchase (repo) Agreement (GMRA). The Annex follows work by ICMA and ISLA in the Digital Assets Legal Working Group, with ...
July 30, 2025
False friends or good ends? The CIO’s four-point guide to navigating technology trends
By Oliver Bossert, Klaas Ole Kürtz, and Gérard Richter Not all tech trends are created equal. Keeping a clear eye on what matters can help steer to better decisions. Many who work in IT have heard variations of these statements ...
July 30, 2025
AI search tools and chatbots may make NZ news less visible and reliable – new study
Evidence is mounting that the new generative AI internet search tools provided by OpenAI, Google and Microsoft can increase the risk of returning false, misleading or partially correct information. Despite the implications of this for the news industry and ...
July 25, 2025
Palau developing DLT government bond issuance solution
Image by Ledger Insights The nation of Palau has contracted with DLT firm Soramitsu Labs to build a government bond issuance platform, the Nikkei reported. The Pacific island nation has a population of less than 20,000 who it is ...
July 25, 2025
Federal Reserve takes enforcement action against Customers Bank re digital assets
Image by Ledger Insights Customers Bancorp operates a 24/7 DLT-based payment system, Customers Bank Instant Token (CBIT), which is used by many companies in the digital asset sector, including Galaxy Digital, Coinbase, Circle, Gemini and Kraken. Yesterday the U.S. ...
July 25, 2025
Computer love: AI-powered chatbots are changing how we understand romantic and sexual well-being
Over the past decade, virtual assistants powered by artificial intelligence, like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, have become integral to technologies such as smartphones and social media. More recently, a new type of human-like chatbots are on the rise: ...
