AI

In computer science, artificial intelligence, sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans.

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What 2026 Will Make Obvious

What 2026 Will Make Obvious
What 2026 Will Make Obvious
January 14, 2026  |  What's Trending

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CFOs Discover AI Is Only as Strong as Their Data
CFOs Discover AI Is Only as Strong as Their Data
January 14, 2026  |  CFO

For years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been pitched to finance leaders as a faster way to do what they already do: close the books, reconcile...

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Chainalysis Says AI Scams Drove Crypto Fraud up 17% in 2025
Chainalysis Says AI Scams Drove Crypto Fraud up 17% in 2025
January 13, 2026  |  Fraud Attack

Crypto scams and fraud took in at least $14 billion on-chain in 2025, up from a revised total of $12 billion the previous year, Chainalysis said...

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Does Google’s Agentic Partnership With Walmart Signal the End of Click-and-Buy Retail?
Does Google’s Agentic Partnership With Walmart Signal the End of Click-and-Buy Retail?
January 13, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

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Longevity Rewrites the Economics of Inheritance
Longevity Rewrites the Economics of Inheritance
January 13, 2026  |  What's Trending

AI-driven longevity is redefining aging, with longer, healthier lives fueling more spending later in life. The result: inheritance happens later and looks very different.

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Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed
Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed
January 13, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

With CES wrapping last week and the National Retail Federation event kicking off Monday (Jan. 12) there’s been a renewed focus on The Prompt Economy’s...

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Wayfair Participates in Google’s New Standard for Agentic Commerce
Wayfair Participates in Google’s New Standard for Agentic Commerce
January 12, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Wayfair said Monday (Jan. 12) that it participated in the development of Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for agentic commerce and will soon enable shoppers...

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Google Aims at Merchants With Open-Source Universal Agentic Protocol
Google Aims at Merchants With Open-Source Universal Agentic Protocol
January 12, 2026  |  Google

Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol marks a shift in how the company wants transactions to happen online. Instead of sending users from search results to merchant...

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Kroger, Papa Johns Test Gemini AI Agents for Retail
Kroger, Papa Johns Test Gemini AI Agents for Retail
January 12, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Google Cloud introduced Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience, a platform designed to help retailers deploy artificial intelligence (AI) agents that can support shopping, ordering and...

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