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World Labs Raises $1 Billion to Scale Spatial AI
February 18, 2026

World Labs, the frontier artificial intelligence research and product company founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion in new funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Former Google DeepMind Scientist Targets $4 Billion Valuation for New AI Lab
February 18, 2026

Former Google DeepMind scientist David Silver is raising $1 billion to build a new artificial intelligence lab, the Financial Times reported Tuesday (Feb. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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How Hidden Prompts Are Influencing Enterprise AI Systems
February 18, 2026

Enter a new term into the artificial intelligence (AI) lexicon: recommendation poisoning. 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. By...

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Anthropic Set to Pay Cloud Partners $80 Billion Through 2029
February 18, 2026

How much will Anthropic pay the world’s cloud leaders to run its artificial intelligence model? 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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Pinterest Bets on AI Tools to Fend Off Chatbot Rivals
February 18, 2026

Pinterest is racing to add artificial intelligence tools to its app amid a slowing ad business and growing competition from AI chatbots, The Information reported Tuesday (Feb. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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CFOs Scramble as AI Pricing Breaks Traditional SaaS Billing Model
February 18, 2026

The next great enterprise software battle may be fought not in GPUs or algorithms, but in invoices. 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...

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Perplexity Pulling Sponsored Answers From AI Platform
February 18, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity is reportedly moving away from advertising. 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. By completing this form,...

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What Happens to Stores When AI Agents Do the Shopping?
February 18, 2026

Fifty years ago, Susan was one of more than a hundred million Americans who drove to a shopping mall an average of once a week to buy things. By 1976, a third of all retail sales happened at the mall. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Businesses Move to Rein In AI in the Shift to Autonomous Finance
February 18, 2026

As enterprises hand artificial intelligence agents the authority to initiate payments, approve refunds, route compliance alerts and coordinate workflows across finance, HR and operations, a new question is emerging inside boardrooms and audit committees: How do you control an agent acting at the machine speed?...