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Lightspeed (LSPD) announced the appointment of Bhawna Singh as Chief Technology Officer, alongside a new wave of product innovations designed to help merchants streamline operations, drive revenue growth and deliver more seamless customer experiences across channels. Most recently, as Chief Technology Officer at Okta (OKTA), she led the technology strategy for a global customer identity platform powering billions of secure authentications, while advancing AI adoption and security-first architecture.

Catch up on the top artificial intelligence news and commentary by Wall Street analysts on publicly traded companies in the space with this daily recap compiled by The Fly.USE OF AI:In an internal Q&A with staff, MetaCEO Mark Zuckerberg said the Facebook parent intends to shrink teams and make more new apps as AI changes workflows at the company, The Wall Street Journal's Meghan Bobrowsky, citing a recording of the Q&A. The CEO attributed the 8% drop in shares to investor worries over an upward revision in its expected capex spending and to its outlook for slower growth in Q2, the author says. "I think the trajectory that we're seeing for our businesses is still very strong," he said on the call. "But I think Q1 was, like, really insanely strong and Q2 is merely strong, and I think the combination of that and the capex increase is what drove the near-term reaction. But I don't know." Zuckerberg added that there was a "trajectory change" in the company's ad business following the start of the U.S.-Iran war, the author notes. "If oil prices go up then consumers spend more of their money on oil, on gas, and less on things that they would just buy that are just kind of discretionary things that the advertising might serve," he said.ASSURED ROBOT INTELLIGENCE:Meta is acquiring Assured Robot Intelligence, a startup working on AI models for robots, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. A spokesperson told Bloomberg that the Facebook parent closed the acquisition Friday, with terms not disclosed. The startup's team will join the Meta Superintelligence Labs research unit, the author notes.ADVANCED ACCOUNT SECURITY:OpenAI is introducing Advanced Account Security, a new opt-in setting for ChatGPT accounts, designed for people at increased risk of digital attacks, as well as for those who want the strongest account protections available. The company believes it brings together a set of heightened security measures that help safeguard against account takeover while making those protections easier to activate in one place. Once enrolled, Advanced Account Security protects users in Codex as well. an increased responsibility for account recovery. Advanced Account Security requires passkeys or physical security keys while disabling password-based login, helping make phishing-resistant sign-in the default for people who need it most. If a user's email account or phone number is compromised, an attacker may try to use one of them to gain access to their ChatGPT account via e-mail or SMS based recovery. To reduce this risk, Advanced Account Security disables email and SMS recovery and requires stronger recovery methods: backup passkeys, security keys, and recovery keys. Sign-in sessions are shortened to reduce the window of exposure if a device or active session is compromised. People working with especially sensitive information may opt not to have those conversations used for model training. "Using physical security keys, such as YubiKeys, is one of the strongest defenses against phishing. To make that level of protection easier to access, we have partnered with Yubico, a leader in hardware-based authentication and account protection, to offer our users preferred pricing on a customized bundle of best in class security keys. The YubiKey C Nano is designed to stay in your laptop for simple, low-friction daily authentication, and the YubiKey C NFC for backup, and use across laptops and mobile devices," OpenAI added.CLAUDE SECURITY:Anthropic said in aon X, formerly Twitter, that Claude Security is now in public beta for Claude Enterprise customers. "Claude scans your codebase for vulnerabilities, validates each finding to cut false positives, and suggests patches you can review and approve," the company said. "Many security teams have asked how to put Opus 4.7 to work on their code without standing up custom tooling. Claude Security is that on-ramp: no API integration or agent build required. Since the research preview in February, hundreds of organizations have used it on production code, catching issues existing scanners had missed. Based on early feedback, we've added scheduled scans, directory-level targeting, CSV and Markdown exports, webhook notifications for new findings, and dismissals that carry forward across scans." Publicly traded companies in the cybersecurity space include Check Point (CHKP), CrowdStrike, CyberArk, F5, Fortinet, Gen Digital, Okta, Palo Alto Networksand Qualys.

OpenAI is introducing Advanced Account Security, a new opt-in setting for ChatGPT accounts, designed for people at increased risk of digital attacks, as well as for those who want the strongest account protections available. The company believes it brings together a set of heightened security measures that help safeguard against account takeover while making those protections easier to activate in one place. Once enrolled, Advanced Account Security protects users in Codex as well. an increased responsibility for account recovery. Advanced Account Security requires passkeys or physical security keys while disabling password-based login, helping make phishing-resistant sign-in the default for people who need it most. If a user's email account or phone number is compromised, an attacker may try to use one of them to gain access to their ChatGPT account via e-mail or SMS based recovery. To reduce this risk, Advanced Account Security disables email and SMS recovery and requires stronger recovery methods: backup passkeys, security keys, and recovery keys. Sign-in sessions are shortened to reduce the window of exposure if a device or active session is compromised. People working with especially sensitive information may opt not to have those conversations used for model training. "Using physical security keys, such as YubiKeys, is one of the strongest defenses against phishing. To make that level of protection easier to access, we have partnered with Yubico, a leader in hardware-based authentication and account protection, to offer our users preferred pricing on a customized bundle of best in class security keys. The YubiKey C Nano is designed to stay in your laptop for simple, low-friction daily authentication, and the YubiKey C NFC for backup, and use across laptops and mobile devices," OpenAI added. Publicly traded companies in the space include Check Point (CHKP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), CyberArk (CYBR), F5 (FFIV), Fortinet (FTNT), Gen Digital (GEN), Okta (OKTA), Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and Qualys (QLYS).

The major averages closed fractionally lower as escalating tensions with Iran, including the seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship and renewed threats from President Trump, raised concerns ahead of an expiring ceasefire. Iran's refusal to participate in peace talks further heightened geopolitical uncertainty and weighed on market sentiment, though the pullback was fairly muted. Of note, Trump said in a phone interview with Bloomberg that it is "highly unlikely" the two week ceasefire with Iran will be extended if a deal is not reached before it ends on Wednesday.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:QXOTopBuildfor $17B in a cash and stock transactionEli LillyKelonia Therapeutics, with Kelonia to receive up to $7B in cashAmerican Airlinessaid it isin any merger talks with United AirlinesAST SpaceMobileslipped after Blue Origin's flagship New Glenn rocket failed to place one of its satellitesPresident Trump signed an executive order toto the substances used outside the U.S to treat post-traumatic stress disorder2. WALL STREET CALLS:Wells FargoBiogento Overweight on pipeline outside Alzheimer'sBarclaysAvis Budgetto sell after "sharp short squeeze"Ulta Beautyto Buy at JefferiesMizuhoQorvoto Underperform on handset weaknessOktato Overweight at Barclays3. AROUND THE WEB:A tornado damaged part of Rivian's (RIVN) central Illinois plant over the weekend, CNBC reportsJersey Mike's Subs, Blackstone-backedsandwich chain with more than 3,000 locations, submitted a confidential filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering, Bloomberg saysThe family that owns Brown-Forman, the maker of Jack Daniel's whiskey, favors a potential sale to the French distiller Pernod Ricardover an alternative proposal from privately-held American rival Sazerac, Bloomberg reportsThe National Security Agency is using Anthropic's advanced "Mythos Preview" model even as Department of Defense officials have labeled the company a potential supply chain risk, highlighting internal tensions over AI adoption and security concerns, Axios saysPeruvian officials looking to purchase new fighter jets concluded buying aircraft from Lockheed Martinwould be in the nation's best interest due to its price and in hopes the U.S. could become a major defense ally, Bloomberg reports4. MOVERS:Nektargained afterfrom its Phase 2b REZOLVE-AA studySila Realty Trustrose after announcing it will befor $30.38 per shareUSA Rare Earthincreased after announcing an agreement toAgiosfell after Novo NordiskreportedFermiclosed lower after announcing the exits of its CEO and CFO5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:Nano-X Imagingand reaffirmed its guidance for FY26Dynex Capital, with EPS missing consensusBank of Hawaii, with CEO Jim Polk commenting that the bank "began the year on firm footing"Cleveland-Cliffs, with EPS and revenue beating consensusSurf Air Mobilityreaffirmed itsINDEXES:The Dow fell 4.87, or 0.0098%, to 49,442.56, the Nasdaq lost 64.09, or 0.26%, to 24,404.39, and the S&P 500 declined 16.92, or 0.24%, to 7,109.14.