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Alibaba Adds Agentic and Payments Capabilities to Consumer AI App
January 15, 2026

Alibaba has added agentic and payments capabilities to its consumer-facing artificial intelligence (AI) app Qwen App. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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OpenAI Says New Compute From Cerebras Will Accelerate AI Models’ Response Time
January 14, 2026

OpenAI will integrate 750 megawatts of ultra-low latency compute from chipmaker Cerebras to accelerate the response time of its artificial intelligence (AI) models. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Minneapolis Fed CEO Neel Kashkari Says AI Infrastructure Investment Has Kept Economy Strong
January 14, 2026

Consumer spending and the investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and electrical infrastructure have kept the United States economy strong, and they are expected to continue to do so, Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said Wednesday (Jan. 14). Get the Full...

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AI May Boost Procurement’s Bottom Line
January 14, 2026

Procurement functions are rapidly shifting from manual, paper-based workflows to artificial intelligence-driven systems that speed execution and surface deeper commercial insights. According to research quoted by Oracle, AI can reduce the time to complete common procurement tasks like processing contracts or purchase orders by up...

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Shadow AI Shows Up as Compliance Problem at Work
January 14, 2026

Shadow AI is rapidly becoming the generative AI risk that compliance leaders do not discover until something breaks. Even as enterprises deploy “approved” copilots and internal model platforms, employees are increasingly leaning on consumer chatbots, browser plug-ins and personal AI accounts to draft client emails,...

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Microsoft Spending on Anthropic Approaches $500 Million a Year
January 14, 2026

Microsoft is reportedly upping its spending on Anthropic, chief rival to partner OpenAI. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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Musk Predicts AI Will Lead to Abundance When AGI Arrives
January 14, 2026

Elon Musk says AI will eventually become so advanced that it will lead to worldwide abundance. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Does Google’s Agentic Partnership With Walmart Signal the End of Click-and-Buy Retail?
January 13, 2026

What’s next in commerce and retail changes almost every day. But some days bring bigger changes than others. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed
January 13, 2026

With CES wrapping last week and the National Retail Federation event kicking off Monday (Jan. 12) there’s been a renewed focus on The Prompt Economy’s intersection with retail. If there’s a theme to recent announcements in this area it’s about workflows and the workforce. Get...