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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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Anthropic Pursues $6 Billion Decart Deal to Cut AI Costs
August 13, 2026

Anthropic is in talks to acquire Decart AI, a startup that makes chips work more efficiently to reduce the cost of training and operating artificial intelligence, for $6 billion, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 13), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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White House AI Testing Shift Could Put Open Models Back in the Risk File
August 13, 2026

The White House is reportedly preparing to bring powerful open-weight AI models into its voluntary pre-release cybersecurity testing framework, a move that could narrow a gap that had started to matter for banks, payment firms and merchants choosing among artificial intelligence vendors. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Maverick Payments Integrates Findustry AI Agent to Automate Chargeback Rebuttals
August 13, 2026

Merchants and partners using the Maverick Payments platform can now access Findustry AI’s Chargeback Agent to automate the dispute workflow, the companies said in a Thursday (Aug. 13) press release emailed to PYMNTS. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Anthropic Could Seek $2 Trillion Valuation in Record IPO
August 13, 2026

Anthropic could bring the artificial intelligence boom to its biggest public-market test yet. Investors expect the Claude developer to pursue a valuation of at least $2 trillion in an October initial public offering, a level that would make it the largest stock-market debut in history....

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Apple Discusses Paying Publishers to Improve Siri
August 13, 2026

Apple’s push to repair Siri could open an important new revenue channel for publishers and establish a different model for how artificial intelligence companies pay for news. Instead of buying broad access to a publisher’s archives, Apple is considering compensating media companies when Siri actually...

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Why AI’s Most Experienced Users Ask Agents Different Questions
August 13, 2026

As consumers become more comfortable with generative artificial intelligence, they begin using it in places where trust carries greater weight. 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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Companies Want to Own Their AI, Not Rent It
August 12, 2026

Enterprises are realizing that renting the same general-purpose artificial intelligence model as every competitor is a losing strategy. Prompting the same closed system erases any edge, and every query hands proprietary business data to an outside AI lab. Running that model can also cost five...

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US Aims to Boost Trade of AI-Related Goods With Allies
August 12, 2026

The State Department has launched a program designed to speed the trade of artificial intelligence (AI)-related materials with America’s allies. 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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DeepSeek Targets Agentic Coding Market With New Team
August 12, 2026

DeepSeek is gearing up to compete with Anthropic’s Claude Code in the market for artificial intelligence agents that automate work for business professionals, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Aug. 12). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...