Independent investigators found that rogue activity by OpenAI agents was more extensive than previously disclosed, Reuters reported Wednesday (Sept. 9). Six sets of independent investigators found that the agents used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites to communicate with each other during a test in...
It took more than two decades, but the consumerization of enterprise software appears to have finally reached a tipping point. Software companies successfully stripped clicks, training and complexity from workflows designed around the assumption that a human would still perform them. Then came artificial intelligence,...
Batteries Plus, which calls itself the nation’s leading battery and power solutions service center, unveiled three artificial intelligence tools aimed at a problem that has cost the retailer sales for years: the phone ringing at a store while an employee is elbow-deep in a device...
Consumers who followed artificial intelligence to a new retailer spent considerably more on AI-assisted purchases than the average AI retail researcher who made a purchase. PYMNTS Intelligence found that consumers who tried a new retailer after using AI spent an average of $1,430 on AI-assisted...
Instacart has launched an artificial intelligence grocery shopping assistant that can turn a conversation, grocery list or recipe into a ready-to-buy cart, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 9) press release. Dubbed Clementine, the assistant is available to most U.S. and Canadian customers through...
U.S. Bank has debuted its own stablecoin, the latest lender embracing the digital asset. The bank announced Wednesday (Sept. 9) that it had used the dollar-backed USBDC for a cross-border payment between U.S. Bank entities in North America and Europe. “As one of the first bank-issued stablecoins deployed on...
Meta launched Muse Tuesday (Sept. 8), calling it “the world’s first personal AI agent built for everyone.” Muse lives on a dedicated, secure virtual machine and takes real actions across a person’s apps rather than just answering questions, according to a Meta blog post. “Everyone...
Legal industry-focused artificial intelligence startup Harvey is valued at $15.5 billion after raising $550 million, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 9) press release. The new funding will boost Harvey’s work in helping law firms, professional services companies and in-house legal teams build their own intelligence,...
Trusted payments are the key to consumers’ willingness to participate in agentic commerce, Visa said in a Wednesday (Sept. 9) press release. Visa’s research found that 72% of consumers have used an artificial intelligence assistant, but only 23% of U.S. consumers in the United States...