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PYMNTS covers artificial intelligence as it transforms payments, commerce and financial services, from generative AI and agentic commerce to fraud detection, underwriting and customer engagement. Our reporting pairs breaking news with proprietary data and expert analysis to examine how AI is reshaping business models, operational efficiency and competitive dynamics across the connected economy.
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Thinking Machines Lab Seeks $1 Billion at $40 Billion Valuation
September 03, 2026

Thinking Machines Lab, the artificial intelligence startup led by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is in talks to raise at least $1 billion at a valuation of at least $40 billion, The Information reported Thursday (Sept. 3). Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Anthropic Debuts Commerce Agent Blueprint With Visa and Mastercard
September 03, 2026

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind Claude, launched a blueprint Wednesday (Sept. 2) that hands retailers prebuilt code for two commerce agent, the company said in its announcement. A shopping agent searches a catalog, compares products and builds a cart for the customer. A merchant...

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Google Brings Conversational AI Search to Gmail
September 03, 2026

Google is giving Gmail users a way to avoid manually searching their inbox, according to a Thursday (Sept. 3) company blog post. 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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Nscale Inks $3.5 Billion Deal With Robotics Firm Figure
September 03, 2026

Artificial intelligence cloud company Nscale has signed a major, multi-year agreement with humanoid robotics developer Figure. 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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Anthropic Breaks With Peers on Massachusetts AI Safety Bill
September 03, 2026

Anthropic has reportedly broken with other tech giants over a new Massachusetts AI regulation. 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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Shoes, Karaoke Machines and Action Cameras Find a Second Act in AI
September 03, 2026

Shoes, karaoke machines and action cameras have little in common. However, their makers have all found artificial intelligence as the same potential second act. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Nvidia Bets $13B on Open Source With Hugging Face Deal
September 03, 2026

Nvidia agreed to acquire artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, according to a Thursday (Sept. 3) company blog post by Founder and CEO Jensen Huang. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Most Banks Wait Six Years for AI Payback. Discovery Didn’t.
September 02, 2026

Banks have a lot of data on their customers, but most of it sits unused. The customer gets flooded the same generic offer everyone else gets, and the bank misses a warning sign of fraud its own systems could have caught earlier, simply because nothing...

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Anthropic Gives Retailers Blueprint for AI Shopping Agents
September 02, 2026

Anthropic is giving retailers a set of blueprints to build artificial intelligence agents that can help shoppers find products and assist merchants with tasks including inventory, pricing and marketing, as retailers prepare for the holiday shopping season. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...