The system gives statistical agencies a way to prove published data is genuine. Each release receives a cryptographic fingerprint, and the XRP Ledger stores that fingerprint permanently. Anyone can then check a downloaded file against the ledger record. Importantly, the underlying data never touches the chain. Only the fingerprint does, so confidentiality holds throughout.
The BIS built this around SDMX, the standard it uses to exchange official statistics. The ECB, IMF, OECD, World Bank, and ILO rely on SDMX as well. However, SDMX offers no native way to prove where a file originated. The BIS closed that gap by making the XRP Ledger a public notary. As the paper puts it, no single institution can then edit the record silently.
The paper also points to XRPL’s EVM-compatible sidechain as a natural next step. That route would let data anchoring and smart contract execution share one ledger.
The authors look past statistics publishing toward tokenized markets. They argue the payoff grows when verified data sits on the same ledger as digital assets. Inflation-linked products, perpetual futures, and derivative settlement all appear as candidates.
The BIS frames this as a proof of concept rather than a live service. Production use would require HSM-backed signing, pinned validator nodes, and formal load testing. The ledger also certifies only what was published, by whom, and when. Publishers stay responsible for whether the numbers themselves are correct.
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Today, G20 member ministers concluded a two-day Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Ministerial was hosted by the Department of Commerce and the White House OSTP.
→ pro-innovation policy frameworks;
→ technology for opportunity and prosperity;
→ skilled technical workforce development;
→ intellectual property policies for artificial intelligence;
→ AI for standards and standards for AI;
→ and industrial innovation and investment in supply chains.
“Achieving consensus in the G20 is no small feat, but the topic of innovation as a driver of growth brought us together for a historic moment of unity,” — said Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.
“The statement released by the G20 members ministers today gives entrepreneurs the confidence to invest in their ideas, promotes domestic manufacturing, and ensures intellectual property frameworks foster and protect innovation.”🚀
“In Chapel Hill, G20 countries realized an optimistic vision for the future of emerging technologies, recognizing that flexible policy frameworks crafted to promote innovation will drive economic growth and prosperity. That is the spirit of the Carolina Principles, and that is how we will expand opportunity for Americans and people around the world,” — said OSTP Director Michael Kratsios.
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Originally founded by Nvidia, the Open Secure AI Alliance will develop open source tools, shared standards, and defensive practices that help organizations inspect, audit, and secure AI systems.
"We helped form the alliance to bring organizations together around open, practical ways to secure AI systems. Great to see that work continue with the Linux Foundation," — Nvidia said.🚀
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels announced a moratorium on student-facing generative AI use in schools, alongside a new screen time policy, a decision that will impact nearly 600,000 public school students, or two-thirds of the system’s total enrollment.
The policy establishes a one-year moratorium, effective in the 2026-2027 school year, on student-facing generative AI for children in 2-K through 8th grade. It also introduces twice-yearly AI critical thinking modules for high schoolers, limited AI pilots for a small number of high school classrooms and age-appropriate screen time restrictions.
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A technology has been developed to detect illegal hidden cameras in places like hotels and restrooms by simply attaching a light-emitting diode, LED device to a smartphone. Unlike conventional methods of visually identifying lenses, AI analyzes light reflection patterns to detect camera lenses.
In experiments on 30 objects commonly found in living spaces — such as chargers, alarm clocks, remote controls, and decorations — the technology achieved a 94% accuracy rate in detecting hidden cameras, with each inspection taking less than 5 seconds.
“Illegal hidden cameras seriously threaten personal safety and privacy in everyday spaces,” — Professor Han Jun from KAIST stated. “By combining low-cost hardware with AI analysis, we have demonstrated the potential for a detection technology that even non-experts can use easily.”
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For hundreds of millions of people across Africa, one of the barriers to modern AI is language. The most powerful tools run in a few major languages and depend on the cloud, putting them out of reach for many. 🌍
Translation across 19 African languages can unlock the ability to deliver courses, educational content, scientific material, and AI-powered learning tools directly to children and adults in their own languages.
Healthcare will be one of the highest-impact applications. Patients may speak different local languages, while connectivity can be unreliable in the communities that need information most.
Such systems would require appropriate safeguards and clear boundaries between health education and clinical care, but the potential impact is substantial.
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🚖 Uber, Wayve Unleash Supervised Robotaxis on London’s Winding Streets
Uber launched autonomous rides in London using AI technology developed by Britain's Wayve, making the city the second in Europe after Zagreb where the company offers robotaxis. Initially a licensed operator will be on board to monitor the car before fully driverless operations begin at some point in the future.
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Uber launched autonomous rides in London using AI technology developed by Britain's Wayve, making the city the second in Europe after Zagreb where the company offers robotaxis. Initially a licensed operator will be on board to monitor the car before fully driverless operations begin at some point in the future.
"This is a major milestone for the future of transport in London, as British innovation brings this technology onto our roads and gives passengers more choice," — British Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said.
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Standard Chartered has expanded its institutional digital assets business in the UAE by launching Bitcoin and Ether spot trading through its Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) entity, becoming the first global systemically important bank (G-SIB) to offer the capability in the market.
The move broadens the bank’s regulated digital asset offering in the UAE by combining spot trading with its existing digital asset custody services, which launched in September 2024.
“By combining execution with secure custody, governance and the connectivity of a global bank, we are providing clients with a more integrated way to participate in digital asset markets,” — said Rola Abu Manneh, CEO for UAE, Middle East and Pakistan at Standard Chartered.
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"I’m excited to announce that NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000. Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide.
AI advances faster when people can build together. NVIDIA is going to be a great home for Hugging Face, its community and the future of open models," — Jensen Huang wrote.
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For the first time, scientists have mapped every single neural connection in the brain and central nervous system of an adult male fruit fly. In this years-long project by HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Google Research, and collaborators from the scientific community, this map of the male fruit fly brain includes a record-breaking more than 166,000 neurons.
It’s a big step in advancing neuroscience experiments on this key model organism.
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"We’re introducing GPT‑6 Astra, the world’s most intelligent and aligned model. Astra saturates FrontierMath Tier 4 with a 98% score, having already helped solve long-standing open problems in mathematics. Astra also saturates ARC-AGI-3 with a 99.9% score and ExploitBench with a 100% score," — OpenAI said.
Astra is state-of-the-art on computer use, browsing, software engineering, cybersecurity, science, and professional work. GPT‑6 Astra is rolling out today to a limited set of organizations and over the coming days will become available to all ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users, as well as through the OpenAI API and AWS.
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