AI startup Plaud is reportedly planning to file for an initial public offering (IPO) in 2028. CEO Nathan Xu told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Thursday (Sept. 17) that the company will be ready for a U.S. public listing once its yearly revenue surpasses $1 billion. Plaud, incorporated in 2022,...
The Food and Drug Administration is keeping a firm regulatory gate between a new radiology algorithm and its ability to generate revenue in the United States. An FDA final order that took effect Thursday (Sept. 17) requires several categories of artificial intelligence-enabled radiology software to continue receiving...
Mastercard and Alchemy, a provider of blockchain infrastructure for apps and artificial intelligence agents, partnered on an agentic payment option that Mastercard will roll out this week, Alchemy said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) post on social platform X. The checkout button is dying. AI...
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OpenAI is testing business-sponsored artificial intelligence agents that will have conversations with people who click on an ad in ChatGPT, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 16) blog post. These Sponsored Agents are being tested with select advertisers in the United States, and their...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Axios reporters that the United States is willing to discuss artificial intelligence risks with China, the reporters said Wednesday (Sept. 16). “The U.S. is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks this weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott...
Fans hunting for concert seats are starting to skip the filters altogether. Instead of scrolling through hundreds of listings sorted by price and section, some are simply describing what they want and letting artificial intelligence narrow the choices. Seatpin, a European ticket marketplace, built its...
Anthropic has begun merging Claude Cowork and chat into “one Claude” so that users don’t have to choose which tool to use for a task, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 16) blog post. Anthropic is rolling out “one Claude” on Pro and Max plans...
Meta is asking consumers who have never paid for Instagram, Facebook or WhatsApp to pay for new versions of them that have more features. The company on Tuesday (Sept. 15) launched Meta One with more than 50 features and said it has reached 15 million...