Artificial Intelligence

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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DeepSeek’s Ascent Means B2B Firms Need to Consider AI ROI
February 03, 2025

The pace of progress across the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape in the past year has been enormous. 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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OpenAI Debuts Tool to Conduct ‘Deep Research’ Online
February 03, 2025

OpenAI has debuted an AI tool dubbed “deep research” capable of performing multi-step online research. 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,...

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: Company Considering ‘Different Open-Source Strategy’
February 02, 2025

OpenAI is reportedly reconsidering its recent shift to a closed-source development approach. 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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This Week in AI: DeepSeek Hits Chip Stocks, Meta Stays Pat on AI Spending, SoftBank...
January 31, 2025

DeepSeek was the talk of Silicon Valley and Wall Street this week after it singlehandedly wiped nearly $600 billion of market value from Nvidia. Its $5.6 million cost to train its foundation models with only about 2,000 of slower H800 Nvidia chips brought concerns of...

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AI Tools: Microsoft Azure Adds DeepSeek; Alibaba Releases New Model; Meta Gets ‘Memories’
January 30, 2025

This week in artificial intelligence models and tools, Microsoft announced that DeepSeek R1 is available on Azure AI Foundry, and Alibaba released a model that it said is better than DeepSeek. Meanwhile, Meta launched a memory feature, and Google announced new Gemini Live capabilities. Get...

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Oracle Debuts AI Agents to Automate Supply Chain Tasks
January 30, 2025

Oracle has added role-based artificial intelligence (AI) agents to its cloud supply chain and manufacturing suite. 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,...

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SoftBank Reportedly Weighs $25 Billion OpenAI Investment 
January 30, 2025

SoftBank is reportedly in discussions to invest up to $25 billion into 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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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: DeepSeek’s Threat to AI Companies ‘Greatly Overstated’
January 29, 2025

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote in an essay posted Wednesday (Jan. 29) that claims about Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek’s potential threat to U.S. AI leadership is “greatly overstated” and that the drop in chipmaker Nvidia’s stock driven by the release of the DeepSeek’s...

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BIS: Central Banks Need ‘Comprehensive Risk Management Strategy’ for AI
January 29, 2025

Central banks must balance innovation and risk mitigation when looking to adopt artificial intelligence, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a report released Wednesday (Jan. 29). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...