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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Hackers Target Claude Accounts With Malware That Steals Login Sessions
August 31, 2026

Cybercriminals are targeting users of Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) platform with malware that can steal authenticated login sessions, potentially allowing attackers to access accounts without passwords or two-factor authentication. Cyber Security News reported Monday (Aug. 31) that several information-stealing malware families, including Vidar, Lumma,...

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Instagram Looks to Limit AI-Created Accounts Posing as Human
August 31, 2026

Instagram says its users don’t appreciate discovering that a human-looking profile is actually AI-generated. To that end, the Meta-owned social media platform announced Monday (Aug. 31) that it is taking steps to make sure AI-created profiles are clearer. That means renaming Instagram’s AI creator label to “AI-generated profile”...

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Cigna Is Using AI to Intervene Earlier in Care
August 31, 2026

Cigna is expanding artificial intelligence tools designed to identify patients who need help before their conditions worsen. The effort is projected to cut medical costs by about $200 million over three years, Cigna said in a July 23 press release. The expansion will reach 20%...

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Intuit and Perplexity Team on AI Integrations
August 31, 2026

QuickBooks and Mailchimp maker Intuit has launched a partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity. The collaboration, announced in a Monday (Aug. 31) news release , will integrate those two pieces of business software into Perplexity Computer, the company’s agentic AI assistant. The integration is designed to bridge the “gap...

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OpenAI Lets Some Customers Pay Only When AI Performs
August 31, 2026

OpenAI has reportedly begun giving some major customers a new payment option. Under this system, these clients pay only when the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) does its job, The Information reported Sunday (Aug. 30), citing a source familiar with the matter. The report notes that this previously unreported...

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OpenAI Says Ad Business Reaches $1 Billion Run Rate
August 31, 2026

OpenAI says its ChatGPT Ads business has reached $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate. “The platform is now used by tens of thousands of advertisers and continues to expand globally,” the artificial intelligence (AI) startup announced Monday (Aug. 31). “Starting later today, advertisers can...

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FSB Warns Frontier AI Could Threaten Global Financial Stability
August 31, 2026

The head of the Financial Stability Board is urging global regulators to make the safe release of advanced artificial intelligence models a priority, warning that increasingly autonomous systems could exploit cyber weaknesses and transmit disruptions across the international financial system. Andrew Bailey, who chairs the...

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AI Disruption Has Plenty of Opinions. Now It Has a Prediction Market.
August 31, 2026

AI Disruption Has Plenty of Opinions. Now It Has a Prediction Market. Everyone’s heard the Sherlock Holmes story about the dog that didn’t bark. The one where a champion racehorse disappears and its trainer turns up dead. Everyone’s poking around the crime scene trying to...

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AI Agents Help Treasurers Move Faster
August 31, 2026

Corporate treasury sits at the intersection of every financial decision and every risk a company carries. The tools have improved over the years. The decisions have stayed human. Agentic artificial intelligence is beginning to change that. AI agents are now performing core treasury functions autonomously,...