Artificial Intelligence

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Best Buy Uses AI to Stop Passing Customers Around
September 24, 2026

A customer seeking help with a malfunctioning laptop might call Best Buy, explain the problem, get sent to a second department and explain it again. If the fix needs a repair, a third agent asks for the same details. Every handoff costs the customer time...

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OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Join Forces to Set AI Safety Standards
September 24, 2026

Anthropic, Google and OpenAI aim to launch a standards body focused on artificial intelligence (AI) by the end of this year or early next year, The Information reported Thursday (Sept. 24), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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AI Companies and World Leaders Race to Write Safety Rules
September 24, 2026

A group of artificial intelligence developers is working toward an industry safety standards body just as world leaders press for international supervision of the most powerful models. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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DeepSeek Doubles Annual Revenue Run Rate to $1 Billion Ahead of IPO
September 24, 2026

DeepSeek more than doubled its annualized revenue run rate over the past few months, bringing the rate to $1 billion, The Information reported Wednesday (Sept. 23), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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OpenAI Brings in Patreon’s Founders to Build a Creator Business
September 24, 2026

OpenAI has hired the people who built the largest membership business in the creator economy. Patreon Co-Founder Sam Yam is joining to lead a new division called Creator Product, The Information reported. He is bringing Drew Rowny, Patreon’s former head of product, and Shannon Ma,...

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Meta Bets a Tamagotchi-Style Device Can Sell Personal AI
September 24, 2026

Meta wants its artificial intelligence agent, Muse, with people all day. 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...

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HHS Wants a Paper Trail for AI in Federally Funded Research
September 24, 2026

A researcher uses generative artificial intelligence (AI) to process data, draft a grant application or assemble a literature review. If the work is later challenged, investigators may need to reconstruct what the tool produced, what the researcher checked and whether the underlying records still exist....

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AI Expands Banks’ Options for Modernizing Legacy Cores
September 24, 2026

Artificial intelligence is opening new routes between banks’ legacy cores and the applications built on top of them, expanding what banks can build around systems they already have. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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What Happens When 10,000 Treasury Agents Make the Same Decision?
September 24, 2026

Treasury departments have traditionally been centered on helping the treasurer, who is typically a human, make better decisions about corporate cash. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...