Robinhood Markets Inc. is exploring an expansion of its prediction markets product to countries outside of the US, a move that would broaden the reach of the already fast-growing and often controversial industry. The brokerage has been speaking to overseas regulators like the UK's Financial Conduct Authority about how it might offer prediction markets locally, as demand for the space continues to grow.
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In an interview with Bloomberg Wealth released on Wednesday, Vlad Tenev reiterated his view that people don't always trade to make money and that there will always be a human aspect to business. "Most of the time you're not doing it just because you want to make money," he said. "You also love trading and you're you're extremely passionate about it." He added: "I don't think there's going to be a future where AI just does all of your thinking, all of your financial planning, all the strategizing for you."
Nearly 100% of engineers at Robinhood are using AI code editors, making it hard to distinguish between human-written and AI-generated code, according to CEO Vlad Tenev.