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EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: ~49% of consumers have used AI over the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)
Emma Dunkley / Financial Times:
EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: ~49% of consumers have used AI over the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions — Gen Z and millennials the most likely groups to consult chatbots on money matters — Nearly half of global consumers are turning …
Tracxn: global edtech funding fell from $16.7B in 2021 to $2.6B in 2025, while the number of startups launched dropped from 7,178 in 2021 to just 645 in 2025 (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World)
Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World:
Tracxn: global edtech funding fell from $16.7B in 2021 to $2.6B in 2025, while the number of startups launched dropped from 7,178 in 2021 to just 645 in 2025 — Venture capital is moving away from K-12 edtech worldwide as investors prioritize AI tools and workforce training with clearer returns.
Sources: India is piloting ~10 schemes to test whether its CBDC, the e-rupee, can deliver welfare payments more efficiently, as it looks to boost e-rupee usage (Reuters)
Reuters:
Sources: India is piloting ~10 schemes to test whether its CBDC, the e-rupee, can deliver welfare payments more efficiently, as it looks to boost e-rupee usage — In the western Indian village of Phulenagar, Samadhan Sonawane set up a drip irrigation system on his small onion farm using …
DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $1.74/1M input and $3.48/1M output tokens while V4 Flash costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens, both the cheapest in their class (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $1.74/1M input and $3.48/1M output tokens while V4 Flash costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens, both the cheapest in their class — Chinese AI lab DeepSeek's last model release was V3.2 (and V3.2 Speciale) last December. They just dropped the first of their …
Staffing experts say India's IT sector is seeing a rise in replacement hiring as companies adapt to Gen Z staff leaving jobs faster than previous generations (Tanya Pandey/The Economic Times)
Tanya Pandey / The Economic Times:
Staffing experts say India's IT sector is seeing a rise in replacement hiring as companies adapt to Gen Z staff leaving jobs faster than previous generations — India's IT sector is experiencing a surge in replacement hiring. Gen Z professionals are leaving jobs at a faster rate, prompting companies to revise their strategies.