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FTC’s OpenAI Investigation Reveals Best-Practice Guidelines for Data Teams 
FTC’s OpenAI Investigation Reveals Best-Practice Guidelines for Data Teams 
July 18, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Countless terabytes of data collected daily are continually streamlining and simplifying today’s business landscape.  We are truly living within the information economy.  And the unsung...

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As Retail Sales Miss Expectations, Is a Summer Slowdown in Sight?
As Retail Sales Miss Expectations, Is a Summer Slowdown in Sight?
July 18, 2023  |  Economy

June’s retail sales report missed expectations — and it may be the case that tepid consumer spending, while still increasing, may wind up causing a...

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China’s Generative AI Regulations Go Live Next Month
China’s Generative AI Regulations Go Live Next Month
July 17, 2023  |  News

China is a famously hands-on nation when it comes to controlling information within its borders. Still, that hasn’t stopped some of the world’s largest technology...

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Will Higher Bank Capital Requirements Give FinTechs a Lending Edge?
Will Higher Bank Capital Requirements Give FinTechs a Lending Edge?
July 17, 2023  |  Banking

Higher capital requirements may have a negative ripple effect on banks — tightening the lending spigots even further. And the winners may be the FinTechs...

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Small Businesses Ask Customers for Working Capital
Small Businesses Ask Customers for Working Capital
July 13, 2023  |  SMBs

For smaller businesses, the lending spigots are tightening — at least at traditional financial services providers, the big banks that now are cautious amid rocky...

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It’s a ’90s Browser War Redux as Musk and Meta Enter AI Race
It’s a ’90s Browser War Redux as Musk and Meta Enter AI Race
July 13, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

It’s a large language model (LLM) landscape, and we’re just living in it. There are more generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms in the market now...

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Fed’s Beige Book Sees Economic Headwinds and a Main Street Slowdown
Fed’s Beige Book Sees Economic Headwinds and a Main Street Slowdown
July 12, 2023  |  Economy

The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book offers a qualitative take on the state of the business realm, with an eight-times-a-year survey of banks and enterprises. The...

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Deposits, Consumers and Digital Channels in Focus as Bank Earnings Get Underway
Deposits, Consumers and Digital Channels in Focus as Bank Earnings Get Underway
July 12, 2023  |  Earnings

It’s the middle of July, almost. And thus: Earnings season begins in earnest. As usual, a slew of big banks will kick things off, beginning...

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Consumers Skip Nightclubs and Sports Bars Despite Improving Finances
Consumers Skip Nightclubs and Sports Bars Despite Improving Finances
July 11, 2023  |  Earnings

As RCI Hospitality Holdings sees sales at its gentlemen’s clubs and restaurants falter, it seems consumers’ years of pent-up demand have finally given way to...

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