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Anthropic CEO Says He’s Not an AI Pessimist
August 16, 2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is disputing arguments he’s overly pessimistic about artificial intelligence’s impact. 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...

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Goldman Sachs Says AI Spending Not Boosting Corporate Earnings
August 16, 2026

A jump in corporate artificial intelligence spending has not translated into a corresponding boost in earnings. 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...

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Alibaba Overtakes Google and Meta With 3 Billion AI Model Downloads
August 16, 2026

Open-weight models from China’s Alibaba have reportedly become the world’s top artificial intelligence offerings. 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...

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Anthropic Touts 14-Fold Jump in Revenue for Would-Be Investors
August 16, 2026

Anthropic has reportedly shared a substantial jump in quarterly revenue with would-be investors. 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....

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Italy’s Cheese Bank Finds Climate Risk Has a Rind
August 15, 2026

On Wall Street, “cheese” is slang for money. In Italy, they decided the metaphor needed collateral. 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...

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Nvidia Uses $500 Billion Financing Initiative to Dispel AI Bubble Fears
August 14, 2026

Nvidia’s $500 billion artificial intelligence financing initiative that was announced Monday (Aug. 10) aims to assure the company’s investors that there is plenty of financing available to the AI startups and other companies that buy or use the firm’s chips, Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 14)....

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PayPal Reopens Sale Talks With Stripe After Rejecting First Offer
August 14, 2026

PayPal Holdings is in talks with a group that includes Stripe and Advent International, negotiating to sell itself at a price potentially higher than the one the companies offered in July, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (Aug. 14), citing unnamed sources. Get the...

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Speed Becomes the Product as OpenAI and Google Sell Faster AI
August 14, 2026

OpenAI and Google both released faster artificial intelligence models this week. Both put speed at the center of the pitch, and both are starting to treat response time as something businesses will pay for on its own. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Goldman Sachs Mobilizes Investors for Nvidia’s $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Push
August 14, 2026

Goldman Sachs is talking with potential investors about participating in Nvidia’s $500 billion artificial intelligence financing initiative that was announced Monday (Aug. 10), Reuters reported Friday (Aug. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...