June 04, 2023
Japan Watchdog Looks Into ChatGPT-Maker OpenAI On Data
On Friday, Japan’s privacy regulator issued a warning to OpenAI, a startup supported by Microsoft and responsible for the ChatGPT chatbot, advising against the collection of sensitive data without obtaining...
May 31, 2023
Top Central Banks Approaching Critical Go-Forward Mark With CBDC Research
It is a time of profound, sweeping changes across finance, technology, and society. As money and other alternative payment vehicles continue to ride the ever-cresting wave of digitization, a group...
May 30, 2023
Baby Boomers and Seniors Make Big Gains in Online Healthcare...
Among the last holdouts in healthcare’s digital shift are baby boomers and seniors, but new data shows that these groups, who previously reported high levels of tech aversion, are turning...
May 27, 2023
The High Cost of Housesitting
Three in five Americans say inflation has affected their summer travel plans. But that doesn’t mean they’ve opted to forego their trips. It just means they need to be more savvy. ...
May 25, 2023
Report: Chanel Sees Slowdown in Luxury Sector Sales in US
Chanel has reportedly seen a slowdown in the United States. The privately-held luxury brand’s sales growth in the U.S. has dipped from about 10% in 2022 to “in the single digits” this year,...
May 22, 2023
OpenAI Seeks International Governance of Most Powerful AI Systems
OpenAI wants the development of artificial intelligence (AI) to include widespread input and regulation. Greg Brockman, the president of the ChatGPT creator, said Monday (May 22) that OpenAI is considering a...
May 22, 2023
A US Regulatory Agency Just for AI? It Could Happen
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology’s dramatic surge in the private marketplace has caught lawmakers’ attention. This, as leaders of the G7 nations — the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Italy and...
May 22, 2023
Senators Introduce Bill To Form US Regulatory Agency Just For...
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology’s dramatic surge in the private marketplace has caught lawmakers’ attention. US senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) have introduced a bill, the Digital Platform Commission...
May 22, 2023
G7 Countries Seek ‘Common Vision’ For AI
The leaders of the G7 nations want to hold talks on reaching “common vision and goal of trustworthy AI.” That’s according to a bulletin issued by the seven countries — the U.S.,...
As real-time payments continue to grow around the world, some countries are expected to see significant adoption by 2026. In this this edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, PYMNTS explores Italy, Kenya, Japan, Mexico and Malaysia, countries with very different projected growth.