Ant International, Visa, and Mastercard plan a new standard for payments made via AI agents, citing McKinsey's projection of $3T to $5T in commerce by 2030 (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/10/ant-international-visa-masterca…
UCLA chancellor rebukes law school event featuring 9/11 ‘mastermind’ attorney
In a rare rebuke of a campus event, UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk on Friday distanced the university from a law school symposium about the 9/11 terrorist attacks
that has faced criticism for including a lawyer for 9/11 “mastermind” Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,
along with speakers whom critics accuse of sympathizing with extremism or being antisemitic.
The symposium, “25 Years After 9/11,” was spon…
@… As Zappa put it, "Look here brother, who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris" https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/science/mys
Sources including French public officials detail how Mistral's rise over the past three years owes much to the privileged relationship it built with Macron (Océane Herrero/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/mistral-ai-arthur-mensch-emm…
Sources: French startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise ~€3B at a ~€20B valuation; it was last valued at €11.7B during a funding round in September 2025 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-12/france-s-…