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Artificial Intelligence
AI Finally Solves the Food Tracking Problem Wearables Ignored
May 08, 2026

Wearables track sleep, heart rate and recovery in real time. Logging a meal still means searching a database, estimating a portion and typing it in by hand. That gap has been one of digital health’s most stubborn problems. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Artificial Intelligence
Airbnb CEO Predicts AI Will Rewrite Job Descriptions
May 08, 2026

Airbnb is gaining innovation and efficiency through its use of artificial intelligence, the company said in a shareholder letter released Thursday (May 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Found AI Makes Impractical Work Worth Doing
May 08, 2026

The productivity debate around enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) has narrowed to one question: how much faster can workers complete existing tasks? Anthropic’s internal research suggests that framing leaves something out. The company found that 27% of AI-assisted work inside Anthropic came from tasks employees wouldn’t...

Artificial Intelligence
More Than Two-Thirds of Boomers Still Sit Outside AI’s Reach
May 08, 2026

Forget the robot concierge. Consumers are warming up to artificial intelligence one mundane errand at a time, and that may be exactly the point. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Valuation Could Eclipse OpenAI in $50 Billion Funding Round
May 08, 2026

Anthropic is considering a funding round in which it would raise as much as $50 billion and be valued at $900 billion, the Financial Times reported Thursday (May 7), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Payments Innovation
Platforms That Own Payments Own More of the Customer
May 08, 2026

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34% of CFOs Say Productivity Is the Top Reason for AI Adoption
May 08, 2026

The real story in artificial intelligence is not adoption, but how unevenly companies are learning to live with it. 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...

Wearables
Google Transforms Fitbit Into Health and Wellness Ecosystem
May 07, 2026

Google is revamping its health and wellness product and platform lineup. 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. By completing this...

Cross-border Payments
US and Allies Guarantee Tax-Free Streaming and Software Downloads
May 07, 2026

Nineteen countries, including the United States, have announced an agreement to not impose duties on cross-border electronic transmissions such as streaming music or films and software downloads among themselves, Reuters reported Thursday (May 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...