Walmart Data Ventures is adding new artificial intelligence-powered features to its commerce intelligence platform, Scintilla, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 16) press release. “For years, the focus in retail has been on accessing more — and better — data,” Walmart Data Ventures said...
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday (Sept. 16) raised the target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.75% to 4%, saying inflation remains elevated. In its accompanying implementation decision, the Fed raised the interest rate paid on reserve balances to...
OpenAI is testing business-sponsored artificial intelligence agents that will have conversations with people who click on an ad in ChatGPT, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 16) blog post. These Sponsored Agents are being tested with select advertisers in the United States, and their...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Axios reporters that the United States is willing to discuss artificial intelligence risks with China, the reporters said Wednesday (Sept. 16). “The U.S. is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks this weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott...
Fans hunting for concert seats are starting to skip the filters altogether. Instead of scrolling through hundreds of listings sorted by price and section, some are simply describing what they want and letting artificial intelligence narrow the choices. Seatpin, a European ticket marketplace, built its...
Anthropic has begun merging Claude Cowork and chat into “one Claude” so that users don’t have to choose which tool to use for a task, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 16) blog post. Anthropic is rolling out “one Claude” on Pro and Max plans...
American Express launched a new high-yield Business Savings account as part of its strategy to add integrated financial solutions to Amex Business membership, the company said in a Tuesday (Sept. 15) press release. The high-yield Business Savings account offers an annual percentage yield (APY) of...
Meta is asking consumers who have never paid for Instagram, Facebook or WhatsApp to pay for new versions of them that have more features. The company on Tuesday (Sept. 15) launched Meta One with more than 50 features and said it has reached 15 million...
Wells Fargo says it has brought its international money transfer service to its banking app. ExpressSend Mobile makes Wells Fargo the only major American bank to offer a dedicated mobile remittance service, the lender said in a Wednesday (Sept. 16) news release. “Many of our customers...