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OpenAI Shelves New Model Due to Safety Worries
September 29, 2026

OpenAI is reportedly cancelling the release of its next AI model due to safety concerns. That’s according to a report Monday (Sept. 28) by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which calls this one of the clearest indicators to date that agentic AI troubles could slow...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic IPO Plans Show $518 Billion in Projected Spending 
September 29, 2026

Anthropic’s IPO prospectus shows the company wagering that AI will have a larger impact on the world than electricity. That’s according to a report Monday (Sept. 28) from Reuters, which had gotten a look at the artificial intelligence (AI) startup’s initial public offering (IPO) plans....

Artificial Intelligence
CFOs Pay a Price for Every Disconnected Payment System
September 29, 2026

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Tungsten Automation’s Andrew Ng The problem with fragmented payments infrastructure is usually described as technical debt. For today’s chief financial officers, it is becoming one of financial duplication. Separate payment systems tend to accumulate separate controls, approval processes,...

Artificial Intelligence
Enterprises See Bigger AI Payoffs When It Becomes Daily Practice
September 29, 2026

Artificial intelligence has reached nearly every part of the large companies surveyed by PYMNTS Intelligence, but its place in the daily workflow varies from one business function to another. The September report “AI at Work: Why Deeper Enterprise Use Produces Stronger Returns” found that the...

Artificial Intelligence
Florida Asks Judge to Stop OpenAI Model Development Over Safety Risks
September 28, 2026

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked a court Monday (Sept. 28) to stop OpenAI from developing new models until independent safety guardrails are in place. Uthmeier filed a motion asking a court for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, the Office...

Artificial Intelligence
Shopify Opens Store Checkouts to AI Agents
September 28, 2026

Shopify now enables browser agents to check out on the websites of all its eligible merchants, Gil Greenberg, staff product manager, checkout at Shopify, wrote in a Monday (Sept. 28) article on LinkedIn. Shopify already enabled agents to search products, browse collections and add items...

Banking
Nano Banc Failure Tests Banking Beyond the Branch
September 28, 2026

When regulators closed Nano Banc on Friday (Sept. 25), among the details in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s announcement that stood out: Nano had a sole branch. The Irvine, California, commercial bank had reported $686 million in deposits and $736 million in assets as of...

Artificial Intelligence
Modulate Raises $25 Million to Expand Audio AI Efforts
September 28, 2026

Modulate has raised $25 million to continue developing its “audio-native” AI models. The new funding, announced Monday (Sept. 28), comes as the company is seeing its artificial intelligence (AI) models increasingly used in areas like fraud prevention, voice AI agent supervision, trust and safety, and customer experience....

Acquiring
Valley Bank Courts Small Businesses With Bluevine Acquisition
September 28, 2026

Valley Bank is set to acquire Bluevine, a digital banking platform for small businesses. The $340 million deal is designed to help Valley with its efforts to strengthen its funding base, expand its small business franchise, and accelerate its digital and artificial intelligence (AI) strategy,...