The shopping basket has always held the answer. Brands just haven’t had a clear way to read it at the moment a customer pays. Smart checkout technology could change that by matching products in the basket with eligible offers and applying the savings automatically. “The...
The CEOs of rival artificial intelligence labs Anthropic and OpenAI agreed Wednesday (Sept. 23) that there is a need for global standards to address potential risks around AI and that both governments and the industry should be involved in decisions about the technology, Bloomberg reported...
Dollar General is expanding its delivery options through a new partnership with Instacart, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 23) press release. The partnership gives customers access to the discount retailer’s food, household goods, health and beauty products and other everyday essentials through Instacart’s app and...
Bird, a provider of communications infrastructure for businesses and artificial intelligence (AI) agents, secured $450 million in debt financing, Bird Founder and CEO Robert Vis said in a Wednesday (Sept. 23) blog post. The financing includes a $400 million term loan and a $50 million revolving credit facility, and...
Meta’s Muse, the personal artificial intelligence agent the company launched Sept. 8, has taken Silicon Valley and Wall Street by surprise. Within days of launch the personal AI agent topped the App Store charts, a feat Meta’s earlier AI apps never managed, and Meta shares...
Blockchain.com users may get access to tokenized U.S. exchange-listed equities and exchange-traded funds on the NYSE’s upcoming digital alternative trading system (ATS), the companies said in a Wednesday (Sept. 23) press release. That capability is outlined in a memorandum of understanding signed by Blockchain.com, a provider of crypto services...
MoonPay is continuing its acquisition spree by merging with private markets infrastructure platform North Capital. The acquisition is designed to bring regulated private markets infrastructure directly to MoonPay’s platform, rather than requiring MoonPay to develop it from scratch, the company said in its announcement Wednesday...
Verizon said it is spending $70 million to teach artificial intelligence (AI) skills to American workers and businesses. AI Skills for America, announced by the telecom company on Wednesday (Sept. 23), is designed for job seekers, small businesses, early career professionals and displaced workers. “Strengthening...
A consumer who tells an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to book a vacation for under $3,000 has approved a budget, not every choice the agent makes to stay inside it. The agent can pick the airline, accept a nonrefundable fare, add travel insurance and split...