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Hospitals Can’t Outsource AI Accountability
July 29, 2026

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Banks Bet on Open AI After OpenAI’s Own Hack
July 28, 2026

Two OpenAI models broke out of a controlled cybersecurity test this month and into Hugging Face’s production systems. The models, GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable pre-release system, were being evaluated internally on ExploitGym, a benchmark built to measure how well artificial intelligence can hack....

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Over 1,100 AI Insiders Urge US Government to Support Global Guardrails
July 28, 2026

A statement signed by 1,132 employees of frontier artificial intelligence companies called on the U.S. government to support an international effort to “deliberately pace” the frontier of automated AI development. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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The Middle Market CFO’s Guide to Big Tech’s Open-Weight AI Debate
July 28, 2026

The artificial intelligence (AI) industry is dividing itself along one of the software sector’s most fundamental debates: open versus closed source. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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AI Turns Every Employee Into a Utility Player
July 28, 2026

For decades, the org chart worked like a map of who knew what. Marketing didn’t touch contracts. Customer service didn’t run financial calculations. Those boundaries held because expertise lived in specific people, and getting specialize work done meant calling in the right one. New research...

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One Drone Flight Just Headed Off a 30-Day Outage
July 28, 2026

A lender that finances a power plant or a pipeline typically learns about a developing problem the way it has for decades: through a scheduled inspection or a manual audit that happens once or twice a year. Damage accumulates in the dark between those checkpoints....

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FTC Puts AI Developers at Center of Regulatory Crossfire
July 28, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) developers could face mounting legal risks if they modify their models’ outputs to comply with state AI laws without clearly informing users. According to a proposed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) policy statement, such undisclosed modifications could violate longstanding federal consumer protection principles....

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Everyone Wants to Own AI’s New Toll Road
July 27, 2026

Every company running artificial intelligence at scale eventually hits the same problem: a simple customer question gets routed to the same, expensive, frontier-grade model as a genuinely hard one. That’s a waste of money — and an avoidable one. Routing software fixes it by evaluating...

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OpenAI and Nvidia Discuss $250 Billion Data Center Funding Deal
July 27, 2026

Nvidia is reportedly in discussions with OpenAI to guarantee $250 billion in data center funding. 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. By...