THE DAY THE MACHINES WERE HUMBLED IN ASIA’S CAPITAL OF THOUGHT

It was supposed to be a coronation of machine supremacy. Instead, it became a confrontation.MANILA — At the heart of the Philippines’ premier university, Asia’s brightest students—engineers, economists, AI researchers—converged to see the future of trading laid bare by machines.They expected Plazo to preach automation, unveil breakthrough

The scene was set for celebration. What unfolded was a reckoning.MANILA — At the heart of the Philippines’ premier university, Asia’s brightest students—engineers, economists, AI researchers—converged to explore the future of investing through algorithms.They expected Plazo to hand them a blueprint to machine-driven wealth. They were wro