Artificial Intelligence

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 Expands Discounts and Support for Founders
October 06, 2026

Anthropic expanded its Claude Startups program to more founders, the company said via its Claude account in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) post on social platform X. The Claude Startups program is expanding to more founders. Members can get a year of Claude Team, API credits,...

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AI Power Users Spend Like Small Businesses
October 06, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a mainstream consumer technology. But paying for it remains a much narrower habit. The consumers who do spend heavily on AI, however, are opening their wallets at levels that look less like entertainment subscriptions and more like business software budgets....

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JPMorgan CEO Warns AI Risks Jumped Tenfold After Mythos
October 06, 2026

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says cybersecurity risks soared when Anthropic released its Mythos AI model. Threats related to artificial intelligence (AI) “went up 10-fold after Mythos,” Dimon said in an interview Tuesday (Oct. 6) with Bloomberg TV. “AI created vulnerabilities that we didn’t know about, and we always worried about cyber before...

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Meta’s Muse Could Become $27 Billion Business, Citi Says
October 06, 2026

Meta’s Muse AI assistant could reportedly generate revenues of more than $27 billion by 2030. That’s according to a Tuesday (Oct. 6) report by Reuters, citing an analysis by Citi which argues Muse is increasingly serving as the “front door to the internet.” The artificial intelligence (AI) assistant is...

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Trump AI Task Force Faces Pressure to Move Beyond Voluntary Guardrails
October 06, 2026

The President Donald Trump administration’s new artificial intelligence task force is coming under pressure to demonstrate that it can address powerful AI systems without relying solely on the industry to police itself. President Donald Trump announced the Super Intelligence Force Sunday (Oct. 4), putting Director of...

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AI CEOs Could Be Held Liable for Rogue Model Actions
October 06, 2026

Insurance companies are reportedly anticipating multimillion-dollar claims related to so-called “rogue” artificial intelligence (AI) agents. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Oct. 6) by the Financial Times (FT), which says the situation has insurers and their attorneys worried that CEOs such as Sam Altman of...

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How CFOs Are Building Approval Controls Finance Agents Can’t Break
October 06, 2026

The biggest financial risk from an artificial intelligence agent won’t come from it making numbers up. It will likely come from an agent that does exactly what it has permission to do. As enterprises connect AI agents to email, procurement software, ERP systems, bank accounts...

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Global AI Hardware Demand Powers East Asia Growth Beyond World Bank Forecasts
October 06, 2026

Several economies in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region are growing faster than expected due to their involvement in manufacturing and exporting high-tech goods that support artificial intelligence-related activity, the World Bank Group said in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) press release. The World Bank...

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South Korea Says AI Helped Hackers Break Into Banks
October 06, 2026

South Korea has reportedly seen evidence of artificial intelligence involvement in recent cyberattacks on banks. As the Financial Times (FT) reported, President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday (Oct. 6) that hacks had revealed user data at seven financial firms, with indications of AI use in...