Visa found that when 22 artificial intelligence models from 12 labs were put through realistic shopping scenarios, 57.2% of the test runs passed and 42.8% failed, according to a Thursday (Nov. 5) press release. Among the best-performing AI models, 82.2% of test runs passed, while...
The gap between open and closed artificial intelligence models narrowed again this week. Moonshot released the weights for Kimi K3.1 Pro, and Mistral did the same for Large 4. Both pitch finance as a core use case. Moonshot, Mistral and Tencent Open Their Flagships Moonshot...
Does enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) save teams money, or cost companies cash? It’s a question with a potentially category-defining answer, and it’s one that depends on whom you ask. News broke this week, for example, that Apple is reportedly putting its employees’ AI usage on...
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are getting corporate cards of their own. The cards let the agents buy supplies, book travel and pay vendors without an employee entering payment details for every purchase. Ramp, Mercury, Corpay and Sunrate are introducing cards for autonomous agents. Spending limits,...
Democratic control of Congress is expected to bring closer scrutiny of federal cybersecurity staffing, government use of artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance and technology companies’ safety practices, shifting Washington’s technology agenda toward oversight when the new Congress convenes in January. The election results give Democrats investigative...
Mercedes-Benz believes there is a market for drivers who wish to talk to their cars. That’s the thinking behind the luxury car company’s effort to bring conversational artificial intelligence (AI) into its vehicles via a partnership with MIT spinout Liquid AI, the Wall Street Journal...
Artificial intelligence agents are becoming a new place to shop faster than merchants can plug into them. Analysts expect AI-driven traffic to retail sites in the United States to grow 130% year over year this holiday season, according to a Thursday (Nov. 5) press release...
AI agents have crossed the company threshold. Getting permission to do the work is taking longer. “The Agentic Edge Index: How Leading Companies Put AI to Work” is a PYMNTS Intelligence report from the Enterprise AI Benchmark Series. It introduces the Agentic Edge Index and...
Tencent has released its latest generation large language model, Hy4, saying in a Wednesday (Nov. 4) press release that it “now ranks among the world’s leading open-source AI models.” Hy4 introduces visual understanding capabilities for the first time; introduces computer-use capabilities for the first time; provides major improvements in...