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Rising AI Costs Drive Software Developers to Open-Weight Models
September 21, 2026

A growing number of software companies are turning to open-weight artificial intelligence models, including Chinese ones, due to the cost of proprietary models from U.S. AI developers, Bloomberg reported Monday (Sept. 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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ISO 42001 May Become a Payments AI Governance Benchmark
September 21, 2026

Payments firms need a way to identify where artificial intelligence is being used and who’s responsible for it, as well as to monitor how those systems are managed over time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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MRH Trowe Lets Employees Build Their Own Agent Factory
September 21, 2026

Employees at insurance broker MRH Trowe wanted artificial intelligence to help with their daily work. Teams started trying AI tools on their own. That created a risk for the company. Sensitive client and insurance data could end up in software nobody at the firm controlled....

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The Best Enterprise AI System Is One CFOs Are Allowed to Use
September 21, 2026

The most important benchmark for the next phase of enterprise artificial intelligence isn’t arising around the model’s intelligence. 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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OpenAI Urges Global Guardrails on Autonomous AI Development
September 21, 2026

The United States should lead an international effort to develop global technical standards for frontier artificial intelligence, including recursive self-improvement (RSI), OpenAI said in a Monday (Sept. 21) article. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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CFTC Examines Agentic AI’s Growing Role in Finance
September 21, 2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is hosting a series of roundtables devoted to new technologies in U.S. financial markets. 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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DoorDash Gives 10,000 Employees an AI Data Analyst
September 21, 2026

A DoorDash employee who wants to know why orders dipped in California last week can put the question to an artificial intelligence agent called Vera. Questions like that have previously been the data team’s job. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Coinbase Gives US Retail Traders Access to IPOs
September 21, 2026

Coinbase said it is expanding access to primary financial markets by bringing initial public offering (IPO) allocations to retail traders in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Meta’s Muse Tops ChatGPT as AI Agents Head for Checkout
September 21, 2026

Meta’s Muse reached No. 1 spot on Apple’s App store ranking 10 days after launch. It passed ChatGPT to get there. The debut was quite an auspicious one, and one PYMNTS took for a test drive. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...