According to a report by IT Home on November 13, Nokia today shared the company's 2030 technology strategy, which mainly includes several key points of "artificial intelligence, cloud continuum, metaverse, API economy, industry 5.0, Internet value system, sustainability, and security". Nokia says the technology landscape in 2030 will undergo significant changes. Digitalization has always been the driving force of the industry, and artificial intelligence and the cloud are also constantly reshaping network services and consumer technologies. Nokia also claimed that AI will contribute about $450 billion in value across various verticals by 2030, citing data from ABI Research. Nokia believes that embracing AI and cloud services is critical to business growth, and the company has introduced a technology called Beyondn and a network architecture called UNEXT, which it claims is a "new approach focused on AI, cloud and resources" that can "make the network a programmable operating system."

According to IT House on November 6, the British Cotzmore School recently announced that they used an artificial intelligence system as the "head principal" to help teachers better understand the needs of each student. The school made some changes to the AI system before it was put into use. These changes include removing the AI system's human image and name and renaming it ABI. In addition, the school is developing other AI models that can be used to produce teaching materials. These upcoming AI models will be similar to ABI models and may only be available to teachers.

According to a report by Webmaster's Home on July 27, ABI Research, a global technology intelligence company, predicts that in the next seven years, generative AI will bring more than $450 billion in revenue to the enterprise market in 12 different vertical fields. Although generative AI already has hundreds of use cases across enterprise verticals, its adoption will occur in three phases. The current phase is internally focused on increasing employee productivity by providing generative tools. The second phase will have a greater impact on external services, and companies will be able to start building products or services around generative AI. The third stage will be the most valuable creators, where manufacturing and logistics will leverage generative AI to automate and optimize processes. The enterprise market is still in its infancy, with most of the market still exploring use cases and deployment options.

According to PANews news on June 26, according to Finextra, the Central Bank of Italy has launched a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project called "Project Leonidas", in which 18 Italian commercial banks and the Italian Banking Association (ABI) will participate in the project. The goal of the project is to "explore blockchain applications that promote financial stability and protect consumers." Participating banks will use a shared ledger for interbank payments to streamline the payment process. According to previous news, the Bank of England (Bank of England) and the Bank of International Settlements (Bank of International Settlements) have also launched CBDC pilot projects.

Jinse Finance reported that the Bank of Italy has launched a pilot to assess the feasibility of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The pilot project, called Project Leonidas, also involved 18 Italian commercial banks and the Association of Italian Banks (ABI). The stated goal of the pilot is to "explore blockchain applications that promote financial stability and protect consumers." Participating banks will use a shared ledger for interbank payments to streamline the process. This is not the first digital asset pilot involving ABI. The association launched Project Spunta three years ago, involving more than 100 banks and sharing a reconciliation ledger of interbank payments. Several CBDC pilots are also underway across Europe, the most recent of which involve the Bank of England and the Bank for International Settlements.

Jinse Finance reports that 18 members of the Italian Banking Association (ABI) are involved in a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial with the Italian bank Leonidas project. It is one of 14 projects selected by the central bank for DLT experiments.