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OpenAI CFO Tells Employees Public Debut Coming by 2027
August 19, 2026

OpenAI “will be a public company in 2027,” if not sooner, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told employees Wednesday (Aug. 19) during an all-hands meeting, CNBC reported, citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Halts Frontier AI Training After Cybersecurity Alarm
August 19, 2026

OpenAI told the public on Tuesday that it is deliberately slowing down. “As models become more capable, the risks associated with developing and testing them internally also grow,” the company said in its own post. “We wanted to take the time necessary to meet those...

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White House AI Testing Plans Remain Murky
August 19, 2026

Earlier this month, the White House hosted artificial intelligence companies to discuss a new framework for testing their technology. 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...

B2B Payments
The Finance Stack’s Great Unbundling Has CFOs Asking What They Need to Own
August 19, 2026

The bigger the company, the more sprawling its back office tends to be. 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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World Labs CEO Says US Must Set Good Example on AI
August 19, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Fei-Fei Li is reportedly warning that backlash to the tech threatens global technological advancement. 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...

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The Real Question Isn’t Whether AI Wrote It
August 19, 2026

For six hours in late July, Jerry Falade had one of the biggest debut deals in publishing. Fourteen publishers had bid on his crime novel, “Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body,” and Minotaur Books, an imprint of Macmillan US, won the auction at a reported...

Banking
Datavault Pushes Into Banking Realm With BankWyse Acquisition
August 19, 2026

Data monetization and real-world asset tokenization company Datavault AI is set to acquire Wyoming financial institution BankWyse. 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,...

Banking
Monzo Steers Customers to Backup Bank Amid Technical Outage
August 19, 2026

British neobank Monzo was sending customers to its backup bank Wednesday (Aug. 19) morning as it dealt with an outage. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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How Physical AI Is Changing Invoicing, Working Capital and Trade Finance
August 19, 2026

The robots aren’t just coming. They are already here, across factory floors and logistics yards. 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,...