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Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft and Nvidia Lead Push Against US Open-Source AI Restrictions
July 24, 2026

Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia are among 25 tech organizations calling on U.S. policymakers to avoid placing “premature restrictions” on open-weight AI models or “sweeping restrictions” on distillation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Agents Fail 3 Out of 4 Real Job Tasks
July 24, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents can complete only about 1 in 4 real-world work tasks, according to a new benchmark from UC Berkeley’s Center for Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence that pitted leading AI systems against actual assignments from working professionals. The findings test a bold prediction: that...

Artificial Intelligence
Study Warns Weak AI Rules Can Make Technology Less Safe
July 24, 2026

Weak artificial intelligence regulation can produce worse safety outcomes than imposing no regulation at all. That’s according to a new academic study that challenges policymakers to consider how rules affect the entire AI supply chain rather than isolated companies or applications. Get the Full Story...

B2B Payments
Voice AI Turns the B2B Back Office Into a Conversation
July 24, 2026

Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) started out handling simple tasks. For much of its decades-long commercial life, from Siri to Alexa and beyond, consumers used voice AI tools to check an order, reset a password, find a product or ask about the weather. Get the Full...

Payment Methods
Alipay+ Secures Hang Seng as First Hong Kong Banking Partner
July 24, 2026

Ant International’s unified wallet gateway, Alipay+, has added its first banking partner in Hong Kong, Hang Seng Bank. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
Lithic Says Everything Payments Assumes About Shopping Is About to Break
July 24, 2026

For the past 25 years, card-not-present payments have been built around a defensive premise: Prove the buyer is human, authorized and in control of the transaction. Fraud systems, merchant controls and authentication tools were trained to treat nonhuman behavior as suspicious. That made sense when...

Mobile Commerce
Smartphones Turn Every Store Aisle Into a Marketplace
July 24, 2026

Mobile commerce is no longer just about buying on a phone. 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...

B2B Payments
400% Growth Gap: How Top Middle Market Companies Use Virtual Cards Differently
July 24, 2026

Virtual cards are gaining a second job inside corporate finance departments. 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...

Investments
Startup Telli Raises $15 Million to Replace Call Centers With AI Agents
July 23, 2026

telli raised $15 million in a seed round to develop its artificial intelligence (AI) agent builder focused on customer-facing AI agents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...