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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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WTO Says AI Investment Keeps Global Trade Above Trend Despite War
June 05, 2026

Demand for electronic components related to artificial intelligence helped offset headwinds from the conflict in the Middle East and kept global merchandise trade resilient in the first half of the year, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said in a Friday (June 5) press release. Get...

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Experian Deploys ChatGPT App to Capture Personal Loan Shoppers
June 05, 2026

Consumers can now explore personal loan offers from Experian’s lending partners while interacting with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. 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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Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile Are Done Letting Storms Win
June 05, 2026

As the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season opened June 1, network operators AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile arrived with a new answer to an old problem: artificial intelligence (AI) systems built to keep cell networks alive when storms arrive. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Anthropic Wants a Global AI Pause If Everyone Else Does
June 05, 2026

Anthropic disclosed this week that Claude wrote more than 80% of the code merged into the company’s production systems—then warned the world may not be ready for what that trajectory leads to. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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OpenAI to Allow US Government Early Access to Frontier Models
June 05, 2026

OpenAI will allow the U.S. government to assess the capabilities of its artificial intelligence models before the company releases them, the company’s head of countries, George Osborne, said Friday (June 5). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Anthropic Calls for Frontier AI Freeze to Prevent Self-Building Tech
June 04, 2026

Anthropic suggested Thursday (June 4) that frontier artificial intelligence developers should slow or pause their efforts and give societal structures and alignment research time to keep up with the advancing technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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House Members Propose Replacing State AI Laws With National Standard
June 04, 2026

Two members of the U.S. House released a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation to create a federal framework for governing artificial intelligence. 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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The $25 Billion Fleet Breakdown Problem Finally Has a Fix
June 04, 2026

A typical commercial truck generates more than 25,000 data points daily from onboard sensors. Until recently, most of that data sat unused. Fleet managers learned about problems when trucks stopped moving, not before. That’s the gap a wave of artificial intelligence (AI) investment is now...

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Anthropic President Says Training Costs Drive AI Companies Toward Public Market
June 04, 2026

The cost of training AI models is driving companies like Anthropic to go public, Anthropic Co-Founder and President Daniela Amodei said Thursday (June 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...