London-headquartered bank will reduce back-office jobs and aims to move some workers to new roles
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Standard Chartered plans to cut more than 7,000 jobs over the next four years as it increasingly uses artificial intelligence.
The London-headquartered lender is one of the first major global banks to lay out plans to cut thousands of jobs, citing AI as a driver to make its operations slimmer as it seeks to increase its profitability and tackle competition.
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[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, May 18th, 2026] Quantography Labs announced the early-access release of Lock.com, a hardware-free crypto wallet built around an isolated, air-gapped security approach. Lock.com is now available to early access users. The platform separates private key storage from network-connected systems, removing the need for dedicated hardware wallet devices. Hardware wallets […]
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The UK's AI 'kill switch' proposal could enhance national security but may disrupt digital markets, highlighting regulatory challenges.
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London-based model Alexsandrah Gondora poses for a photograph with her on-screen AI twin “Alex”, created by digital modelling agency, The Diigitals in the AFP offices in London on February 21, 2025. My artificial intelligence (AI) replica “basically does the hard work so I don’t have to do it,” jokes London-based model Alexsandrah Gondora, who enjoys being able to “be in two places at once.” (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LUCIE LEQUIER (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Last month, YouTube Shorts rolled out new AI-powered avatar features that allow creators to generate videos using AI versions of themselves. At nearly the same time, TikTok superstar Khaby Lame was linked to a $975 million AI likeness deal that later drew industry scrutiny as questions emerged around whether the transaction had formally closed.
