AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAI Policy & Ethics: The European Commission tells EWTN News that Pope Leo XIV’s AI vision for human dignity and the common good matches principles already built into the EU’s AI Act, DSA, DMA and GDPR, even as lawmakers vote to postpone parts of the AI Act’s obligations. Prediction Markets Go Mainstream: Charles Schwab is preparing “yes-or-no” binary event trading tied to S&P 500 outcomes, while BetConstruct AI also moves into event-based markets—signaling big firms are bringing prediction trading in-house. Malta Digital Identity: Malta’s MITA is tendering online identity verification software for the government authentication platform (310,000€), as the country expands eID and biometric services. Anti-Bot Biometrics: Google tests a reCAPTCHA that uses camera hand-gesture “liveness” checks, processing short clips in real time with no identity linkage. Biometric Passports: Pakistan plans a full switch to electronic passports with NFC chips storing biometric data, plus upgrades to its automated biometric ID system. Cloud in Greece: AWS will launch an Athens Local Zone in July to cut latency for services like finance, healthcare, AI and online gaming. Health Research: Switzerland advances a national HPV prevention policy, but still doesn’t reimburse HPV testing—pushing for coverage.
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