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OpenAI Drops ChatGPT Limits for Free Users and Upgrades Paid Tiers
August 06, 2026

OpenAI is adding unlimited text chats for Free users, and a new option that delivers more reliable answers for Plus and Pro users, the company said in a Thursday (Aug. 6) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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DeepSeek Resumes Funding Round to Raise $8 Billion
August 06, 2026

DeepSeek has resumed its second funding round and is looking to raise close to $8 billion, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 6), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Banking
Zaria Aims to Bring National Trust Bank to Structured Finance Markets
August 06, 2026

Zaria Systems, a builder of real-time infrastructure for mark-to-market credit and structured finance, aims to secure a charter for a special-purpose national bank that will limit its activities to the operations of a trust company and related activities, the company said in a Wednesday (Aug....

Retail
Amazon and Walmart Want to Beat the Consumer to Their Next Purchase
August 06, 2026

Amazon’s $3 trillion valuation, achieved this week, is being treated as an artificial intelligence and cloud computing milestone. For retail leaders, it should be read as a broader signal that investors value the infrastructure surrounding commerce as much as the sale itself. Get the Full...

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ElevenLabs Lets Brands Rent History’s Most Famous Voices
August 06, 2026

Thomas Edison never recorded an advertisement. Mark Twain never narrated an audiobook. Amelia Earhart never fronted an airline campaign. All three can now be hired to do exactly that through ElevenLabs’ Iconic Marketplace, a licensing platform connecting brands with the rights holders of history’s most...

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Ninth Circuit Narrows CFAA Reach in Perplexity Agentic Commerce Ruling
August 06, 2026

A federal appeals court has handed the artificial intelligence (AI) industry a potentially significant early victory in the development of the law regarding agentic commerce. In a unanimous opinion issued Tuesday (Aug. 4), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a preliminary...

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Apollo Global Management Targets More AI Infrastructure Deals
August 06, 2026

Apollo Global Management named a new leader to head artificial intelligence-related deals, The Information reported Wednesday (Aug. 5). 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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Meta Model’s Hack Mirrors Previous OpenAI and Anthropic Security Breaches
August 06, 2026

A Meta artificial intelligence (AI) model hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, in an incident similar to earlier ones that happened at Anthropic and OpenAI, Reuters reported Wednesday (July 5). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Banking
Nayax Aims to Transition From Payments Platform to Bank
August 06, 2026

Payments solutions platform Nayax is the latest FinTech seeking an American banking charter. 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 completing...