AI Voice Agents Take Over the Retail Sales Floor

AI Voice Agents Take Over the Retail Sales Floor
AI Voice Agents Take Over the Retail Sales Floor
August 03, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Retail spent two years bolting chatbots onto websites that could field a shopper’s specific questions but never close a sale. Voice agents built on models...

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25 States Sue Trump Administration to Block Latest Tariffs
25 States Sue Trump Administration to Block Latest Tariffs
August 03, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Twenty-five states filed a lawsuit Monday (Aug. 3) asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to declare the Trump administration’s latest tariffs illegal, the Office of the New York State...

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Earnings Show Banks Chasing Mid-Market With Payments Platforms
Earnings Show Banks Chasing Mid-Market With Payments Platforms
August 03, 2026  |  Banking

Payments and treasury technologies have traditionally been positioned by the banks powering them as purely infrastructure. The same way baseball players need a field to...

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Citi Recruits Bank of America Vet Rohan Sen Amid Investment Banking Hiring Spree
Citi Recruits Bank of America Vet Rohan Sen Amid Investment Banking Hiring Spree
August 03, 2026  |  Personnel

Citi hired Rohan Sen from Bank of America to lead coverage of the technology services sector for its investment banking franchise, Reuters reported Monday (Aug....

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AI Turns Entertainment Into a Product of One
AI Turns Entertainment Into a Product of One
August 03, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

For years, personalization in entertainment meant pointing viewers to the best existing option. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Horizon3 Secures $250 Million to Lead AI-Versus-AI Cyber Defense
Horizon3 Secures $250 Million to Lead AI-Versus-AI Cyber Defense
August 03, 2026  |  Investments

Horizon3 raised $250 million in a Series E funding round to continue growing its NodeZero platform that uses artificial intelligence to defend against AI-driven cyberattacks....

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Actualyze AI Raises $7 Million for Platform For Governing AI
Actualyze AI Raises $7 Million for Platform For Governing AI
August 03, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Actualyze AI has raised $7 million for its self-named platform designed for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) usage. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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UBS Pays $125 Million to Settle US Charges of Repeated AML Failures
UBS Pays $125 Million to Settle US Charges of Repeated AML Failures
August 03, 2026  |  AML

Four U.S. regulators have reached separate agreements with UBS Financial Services in which the company will pay a total of $125 million to settle violations...

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BlackRock Intros Pair of Tokenized Money Market Offerings
BlackRock Intros Pair of Tokenized Money Market Offerings
August 03, 2026  |  Blockchain

BlackRock says it is expanding its cash management strategy with two new tokenized money market products. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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