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Artificial Intelligence
Businesses Finding It Harder to Predict AI Spending
October 05, 2026

Companies are reportedly finding it increasingly difficult to forecast their AI spending. That’s according to a report Monday (Oct. 5) by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which cites one recent study showing that just 11% of almost 400 surveyed businesses could accurately project their artificial intelligence (AI)...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI CEO Says AI’s Benefits Are Worth ‘Bad Things Happening’
October 05, 2026

OpenAI’s CEO says the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) are worth some of its risks. Sam Altman made that argument Sunday (Oct. 4) in an interview with Politico’s Decoded newsletter as he outlined the philosophical differences between his company and the worldview held by rival AI startup Anthropic....

Cross-border Payments
Going Global Exposes Payments’ Weak Spots
October 05, 2026

Watch more: Need to Know With Spreedly’s Nick Daley Selling in another country can force a merchant to find out how much growth its payments infrastructure can actually support. New markets bring local payment preferences, new providers and different transaction economics, while every connection adds...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
October 05, 2026

Retail competition used to happen on shelves and screens. AI agents are moving it to data feeds and API endpoints. The retailer with the most machine-readable, real-time product data is the one the agent recommends. Everything else is a visibility problem. That shift is already...

Investments
Nubank Alum Launches Decade to Give Money an AI Copilot
October 05, 2026

Watch more: Monday Conversation With Decade’s Vitor Olivier Vitor Olivier spent years building the infrastructure behind Nubank, the Brazilian digital bank that gave roughly 100 million people a cheaper, simpler way to handle everyday transactions. Now he is going after the part of financial life...

Mobile Commerce
Apple IDs iPhone Bug That Requires Device Replacements
October 04, 2026

Apple has reportedly identified a glitch affecting some new iPhone models. The bug applies to a “small number” of AT&T customers who recently upgraded to the company’s $1,299 iPhone 18 Pro Max, Bloomberg News reported Friday (Oct. 2). These users will need to replace their...

IPO
OpenPayd Sets Groundwork for 2027 US Stock Market Listing
October 04, 2026

Payments infrastructure firm OpenPayd is reportedly setting the stage to go public in the U.S. The U.K. company expects to list on the Nasdaq by the year’s end as it prepares to enter the America market and embark on new acquisitions, CEO Iana Dimitrova said...

Mobile Commerce
Apple Makes It Tougher for AI Agents to Access Macs
October 04, 2026

Apple is changing its Mac operating system to make it clearer when artificial intelligence agents seek access to the devices’ data. In a Friday (Oct. 2) blog post, the company noted that Macs feature a “Full Disk Access” option that lets apps access all the...

Artificial Intelligence
New AI Czar Jay Clayton Gets 120 Days to Report on Tech’s Risks
October 04, 2026

The White House has reportedly given its artificial intelligence task force 120 days to report on the risks and potential rewards of the technology. That’s according to a report Saturday (Oct. 3) from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing comments by Jay Clayton, the director...