As we look ahead to 2025, the financial services landscape will be shaped not by AI as a standalone innovation, but by how it enables smarter, faster, and more personalized experiences. Here are three key predictions for how AI will transform the industry:
1. Collaborative AI will power invisible efficiency
The future of AI isn’t about replacing humans or dazzling interfa
Americans flocking to the Chinese app RedNote thought they’d been welcomed by the platform’s CEO. Turns out, he’s just a guy from Vancouver.
“It was a typical Sunday,” Jerry tells Fast Company. “I was home alone, browsing RedNote as usual.” As a Chinese Canadian, Jerry has been using the platform for years. “It’s a popular platform among Chinese people for restaurant
“Oh so NOW you’re learning Mandarin,” Duolingo tweeted on Monday.
The timing couldn’t be clearer, as a wave of so-called TikTok refugees scrambled to join the Chinese social app RedNote ahead of TikTok’s looming U.S. ban. The ban, set to take eff
Users of the Chinese social media app RedNote welcomed “TikTok refugees” from the United States with selfies and messages on Wednesday, as Beijing said it encouraged stronger cultural ties with other countries in response to the sudden in
Nintendo unveiled its highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 that’s set to be released later this year. Nintendo didn’t provide a launch date, but said it would share more at an April 2 event.
Still, eager fans of the handheld gaming console are able to put their names in a lottery for a chance
Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will deliver up-to-date news from the Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Thursday aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity and making it easier to go after
Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been vocal supporters of an idea that’s been rapidly gaining bipartisan ground in the states: Students’
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In 2020, Letterboxd’s highest-rated film was Lee Isaac Chung’s quiet indie Minari, which made a mere $15.5 million globally. Four years later, Denis Villeneuve’s $714.4 million-making juggernaut Dune: Part Two tops the charts.
These changing tastes could represent a broader shift in Letterboxd’s core user base. The app underwent a seismic growth period over the past four years. In mid-2020, Letterboxd touted 1.8 million members; that number is now over 17 mi