Techstrong Gang – May 8, 2025

Hosts: Alan Shimel, Chris Blask, Jon Swartz, Mike Vizard, Sulagna Saha

Category: Techstrong Gang

Date: May 8, 2025

Alan, Mike, Jon, Sulagna and Chris Blask dive into an effort by the U.S. Department of Treasury to prevent platforms accused of laundering Bitcoin on behalf of cybercriminals from being able to access financial networks. Then, they turn to an effort to validate the identities of humans using retinal scans that is being led by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Lastly, the gang dives into a ServiceNow effort to provide the command center through which artificial intelligence (AI) agents will be managed.

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