China AI Firing Ruling: Hangzhou Court Decides Who Pays When a Machine Takes Your Job
On April 30, the Hangzhou court ruled AI replacement doesn't justify firing a worker. The legal reasoning behind that decision reaches further than China.
Artificial Intelligence
How AI is changing the way ordinary people relate to money, work, and financial decisions. The human side of the machine.
Manfred AI Agent: The First Software to Form Its Own Company Reveals a Gap Corporate Law Was Not Built to Close
An AI agent called Manfred incorporated itself in the US. Here is what that reveals about the accountability gap corporate law was not built to handle.
Mastercard Q1 2026: The Earnings Call That Put AI Spending on Your Behalf at the Center of Global Payments
Mastercard Q1 2026 results put agentic payments at the center of its strategy. Here is what it means when AI spends on your behalf and what it quietly removes.
AI Agents in Finance: The Trust Problem Microsoft and Chainalysis Say Banks Cannot Ignore
AI agents are executing financial transactions without human sign-off. Microsoft and Chainalysis say banks are unprepared for what that means for trust.