Agentic AI

Consumer AI Agents Put the Subscription Economy on Notice
Consumer AI Agents Put the Subscription Economy on Notice
October 05, 2026  |  Subscriptions

Consumer artificial intelligence (AI) agents are getting the keys to inboxes, browsers and payment accounts. Meta’s Muse, launched Sept. 8, can send emails, fill out...

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AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Retail competition used to happen on shelves and screens. AI agents are moving it to data feeds and API endpoints. The retailer with the most...

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Apple Makes It Tougher for AI Agents to Access Macs
Apple Makes It Tougher for AI Agents to Access Macs
October 04, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple is changing its Mac operating system to make it clearer when artificial intelligence agents seek access to the devices’ data. In a Friday (Oct....

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AI Could End Finance’s Point-and-Click Era
AI Could End Finance’s Point-and-Click Era
October 02, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Billtrust’s Dave Ruda The finance technology playbook was once relatively straightforward. CFOs built out their department tech stacks...

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Why the Fed Thinks B2B Payments Are Already Built for Agentic
Why the Fed Thinks B2B Payments Are Already Built for Agentic
September 30, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The biggest obstacle to agentic payments isn’t teaching artificial intelligence how to buy something. It’s giving software permission to spend money without giving it permission...

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Mastercard Deploys New Risk Insights to Support Agentic Payments
Mastercard Deploys New Risk Insights to Support Agentic Payments
September 30, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Mastercard has added new trust and intelligence services to its agentic payments program, Agent Pay, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 30) press release...

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As AI Assistants Fight Over Shoppers, Infrastructure Gets Paid Either Way.
As AI Assistants Fight Over Shoppers, Infrastructure Gets Paid Either Way.
September 30, 2026  |  Retail

In April 1956, a trucking executive named Malcom McLean loaded 58 metal boxes onto a converted tanker in Newark and sent it to Houston. Nobody...

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OpenAI Launches Dots to Capture AI Agent Market
OpenAI Launches Dots to Capture AI Agent Market
September 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI has introduced artificial intelligence agents called “dots,” saying in a Tuesday (Sept. 29) press release that they are “built to handle everything.” Dots are...

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Shopify Opens Store Checkouts to AI Agents
Shopify Opens Store Checkouts to AI Agents
September 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Shopify now enables browser agents to check out on the websites of all its eligible merchants, Gil Greenberg, staff product manager, checkout at Shopify, wrote...

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