Month: February 2025

Enhancing LLM Capabilities with NeMo Guardrails on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

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As large language models (LLMs) become increasingly integrated into customer-facing applications, organizations are exploring ways to leverage their natural language processing capabilities. Many businesses are investigating how AI can enhance customer engagement and service delivery, and facing challenges in making sure LLMs driven engagements are on topic and follow the desired instructions. In this blog … Read more

Trump’s FDIC Chief Rethinks Crypto Guidance as U.S. Senators Probe Debanking

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As U.S. senators prepared to gather for a hearing about U.S. debanking of crypto clients, the interim chief of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said his agency is overhauling its digital assets supervision and revealed more correspondence on Wednesday in which FDIC officials steered banks away from cryptocurrency business. Travis Hill, the acting FDIC chairman … Read more

‘The biggest heist in American history’: DC is just waking up to Elon Musk’s takeover

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Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against Elon Musk outside of the US Department of Treasury building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 4th, 2025. The long block outside of the US Treasury Department on Tuesday was lined with protesters. They flooded across the street with signs bearing slogans: “Nobody elected Musk”; “This is illegal”; … Read more

Workday cuts nearly 2,000 employees

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Enterprise HR platform Workday is the latest tech company to announce layoffs in recent weeks. Silicon Valley-based Workday laid off 1,750 employees on Wednesday, as originally reported by Bloomberg and confirmed independently by TechCrunch. That total represents approximately 8.5% of headcount. Unlike many other tech companies, including Meta and Microsoft, Workday has not held drastic … Read more

A reviews site embroiled in AI scandal is back from the dead

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Last summer, the staff at Gannett’s consumer reviews site Reviewed received terrible news: the media giant was shuttering the entire vertical and would be laying off dozens of employees. Effective November 1st, Reviewed would cease operations. Gannett blamed Google’s changing search algorithm, which had “degraded [its] business model.” The shuttering was a blow to the … Read more

Build a multi-interface AI assistant using Amazon Q and Slack with Amazon CloudFront clickable references from an Amazon S3 bucket

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There is consistent customer feedback that AI assistants are the most useful when users can interface with them within the productivity tools they already use on a daily basis, to avoid switching applications and context. Web applications like Amazon Q Business and Slack have become essential environments for modern AI assistant deployment. This post explores … Read more

Gold-Backed Cryptocurrencies Surge as Precious Metal Hits Record Amid Trade War Worry

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Gold-backed cryptocurrencies are outperforming the wider market amid a historic rally for the precious metal, which is up around 9.7% so far this year to a new record of $2,880 per ounce amid growing trade war tensions. PAX gold (PAXG) and Tether gold (XAUT) have benefitted greatly from the precious metal’s rise, both rising roughly … Read more

Bitcoin to Hit $500K by 2028 as ETFs Ease Access, Volatility Drops: Standard Chartered

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The price of bitcoin (BTC) could balloon to $500,000 by 2028, lifted by increased investor access and diminishing volatility that will help keep it serving as a unique hedge against issues plaguing traditional finance, according to Standard Chartered. The largest cryptocurrency is likely to become less volatile as the year-old U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) market … Read more

The Great Accumulation: A Corporate Race for Bitcoin

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For decades, corporate treasuries have relied on cash, bonds and short-term investments to preserve capital. But inflation, devaluing fiat currencies and near-zero interest rates have challenged this approach. A new dark horse is emerging and corporate finance is about to change forever. BTC as a corporate reserve asset Historically, corporations have kept substantial cash reserves … Read more

Why DeFi Will Benefit From Trade Wars

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Bitcoin (BTC) tumbled over the weekend, sinking well below the $100K mark as markets reacted to the latest escalation in the U.S. trade disputes. The broader digital asset market followed suit, leading to one of the most significant sell-offs since the outbreak of Covid and the collapse of FTX. Specifically, President Donald Trump announced sweeping … Read more