AI & Enterprise

Tech Insight: AI agent \'wallet wars\' shift from virtual cards to agent tokens

Terry Angelos, a Visa fintech and crypto senior vice president and former DriveWealth CEO, wrote that helping an AI agent pay is different from letting it transact on a user’s behalf. He said agents are evolving from providing answers to completing tasks, making payment authority a key issue. He warned that wallet and virtual-card setups can break relationships and card benefits, and argued agents need payment policies and clear liability. He pointed to card-network standards using agent tokens as a solution.

Industry

Narcolepsy patients\' brains may be younger than expected, review finds

A research review has found that evidence supporting early brain ageing in people with narcolepsy does not appear consistently, despite severe sleep disruption. The finding is unusual given earlier studies linking sleep disorders to cognitive decline and dementia. Researchers reviewed prior studies on type 1 narcolepsy and brain ageing and pointed to orexin deficiency as a possible factor. They said this does not mean the condition prevents dementia.