AIko

Kaiko is a cryptocurrency data provider that aggregates and delivers market data, analytics, and indices for digital assets.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news after extending its Series B funding round to $110 million with S&P Global and BNP Paribas.

Latest on AIko

• Kaiko extends Series B funding round to $110 million with S&P Global, BNP Paribas
• Japan delicacy 'mentaiko' bread hits a home run with Dodgers fans
• 16 taken to hospital after fire breaks out at Taikoo Shing flat
• Princess Aiko observes traditional rites at Mie’s Grand Shrines of Ise
• Taiko fully restores cross-chain bridge just 10 days after a $1.7 million hack
• LDP’s Hirofumi Nakasone regrets remark on Princess Aiko
• launched AIko, an AI police chief, in late May to combat fraud that cost the country a record $2 billion
• now the scammers have a new target to manipulate
• An AI system trained to detect fraud patterns is being packaged with a human face and feminine voice, which creates a false anchor of trustworthiness that criminals will immediately exploit
• When fraud victims call AIko for help, they're calling a recommendation engine dressed as a police chief. The downstream effect isn't safer citizens — it's a new layer of impersonation risk
• Japan's Osaka Prefectural Police launched AIko, an AI police chief, in late May to combat fraud

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