AI Agents

VerticalScope Turns 2 Billion Forum Posts Into AI Shopping Revenue
VerticalScope Turns 2 Billion Forum Posts Into AI Shopping Revenue
November 11, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

VerticalScope is using artificial intelligence (AI) to turn conversations across more than 1,200 online communities into shopping revenue, as declining search traffic puts pressure on...

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Card Networks Use B2B Payments to Write the Rules for Agentic Commerce
Card Networks Use B2B Payments to Write the Rules for Agentic Commerce
November 10, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Business payments have a bookkeeping problem that’s been keeping them manual for centuries. Millennia, even. In 2026, after one company approves an invoice, someone often...

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Mercor Raises $750 Million for AI Training Platform
Mercor Raises $750 Million for AI Training Platform
November 10, 2026  |  Investments

Artificial intelligence (AI) training platform Mercor says it is now a $20 billion company. The company reached that valuation with its $750 million Series D...

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EU Draft Law Links AI Shopping Agents’ Autonomy to Commercial Incentives
EU Draft Law Links AI Shopping Agents’ Autonomy to Commercial Incentives
November 10, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A leaked draft of the European Union’s Digital Fairness Act could make an artificial intelligence (AI) shopping agent’s commercial incentives determine how autonomously it is...

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IBM and Microsoft Launch AI Agent Platform
IBM and Microsoft Launch AI Agent Platform
November 10, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

IBM and Microsoft on Tuesday (Nov. 10) introduced Imagine Enterprise, an artificial intelligence (AI) agent platform combining more than 6,000 prebuilt AI agents and related...

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Banks Draw Lines Around Customers’ AI Agents
Banks Draw Lines Around Customers’ AI Agents
November 09, 2026  |  Banking

Banks are beginning to consider how much access artificial intelligence (AI) agents should have to customers’ online banking accounts, as financial institutions weigh the potential...

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BMO Turns to Agentic AI to Resolve Card Issues
BMO Turns to Agentic AI to Resolve Card Issues
November 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

BMO is employing an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to help clients resolve credit card transaction issues. The bank’s AI Agent Assist, announced Friday (Nov. 6),...

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Amazon Lets Users Text Alexa to Get Shopping Help
Amazon Lets Users Text Alexa to Get Shopping Help
November 06, 2026  |  eCommerce

Amazon will begin giving customers the option to text its Alexa for Shopping tool for assistance in their product searches. “Select customers can now text...

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FinTechs Hand AI Agents the Company Card
FinTechs Hand AI Agents the Company Card
November 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are getting corporate cards of their own. The cards let the agents buy supplies, book travel and pay vendors without an...

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