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Companies Begin to Rehire Following AI Job Cuts
July 01, 2026

Employers who once viewed artificial intelligence as a replacement for workers are rehiring employees, CNBC reported Wednesday (July 1). 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...

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MGX Pursues AI Infrastructure Investments With $49 Billion Fund
July 01, 2026

MGX has raised $49 billion for its new MGX Fund I to make investments across the artificial intelligence technology stack. 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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AI Effect Showing Up in US Employment Numbers
July 01, 2026

The impact of AI has reportedly begun to show up in U.S. government employment data. 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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Square Intros ChatGPT and Claude Integrations for Sellers
July 01, 2026

Square is introducing a pair of AI integrations aimed at connecting sellers and customers. 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 Says US Has Lifted Fable 5 AI Model Ban
July 01, 2026

Anthropic says the federal government has lifted export controls on two of its AI models. 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...

B2B Payments
The Invoice Becomes the Shopping Cart in B2B Payments
July 01, 2026

Businesses sent roughly 560 billion invoices in 2024. Fewer than a quarter were electronic. The rest were paper, or PDFs that may as well be paper, generated by one system, keyed into another, chased by phone, and settled weeks (months?) later by check. By the...

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Google Cloud Pursues Financial Markets in FactSet Alliance
June 30, 2026

Google Cloud and FactSet, a provider of data and artificial intelligence solutions to the financial markets, plan to jointly develop AI agents designed to assist with portfolio operations, deal advisory and corporate finance. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Anthropic Cuts AI Agent Costs With Claude Sonnet 5 Rollout
June 30, 2026

Anthropic has released a Claude Sonnet model that can make plans, use tools like browsers and terminals, and run autonomously at a level that required larger and more expensive models a few months ago. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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AI Is Making Litigation Profitable at Smaller Claim Sizes
June 30, 2026

U.S. commercial auto liability direct written premium rose 12.3% to just over $43 billion in 2024, Milliman found, based on a composite of 40 major insurers representing nearly 80% of industry volume. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...