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Employers Encourage AI at Work, With or Without Guardrails

Employers Encourage AI at Work, With or Without Guardrails
Employers Encourage AI at Work, With or Without Guardrails
December 18, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a default tool at work because it is delivering measurable productivity gains. New PYMNTS Intelligence survey data shows most employers...

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Conditional Charters Pull Crypto Closer to Core of US Banking
Conditional Charters Pull Crypto Closer to Core of US Banking
December 12, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto just got chartered. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Disney’s $1 Billion Bet: A Licensing Model With OpenAI for User Content
Disney’s $1 Billion Bet: A Licensing Model With OpenAI for User Content
December 11, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

On Thursday (Dec. 11), The Walt Disney Company announced a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and a groundbreaking three-year licensing agreement that will allow the...

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Paramount Confronts Netflix as AI Redefines Streaming Power
Paramount Confronts Netflix as AI Redefines Streaming Power
December 08, 2025  |  Streaming

The increasingly heated fight for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is, on its face, about libraries: HBO’s prestige slate, DC’s franchises and Warner’s studio machine. But...

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78% of Shoppers Worry About Holiday Fraud Surge
78% of Shoppers Worry About Holiday Fraud Surge
December 08, 2025  |  Fraud Prevention

A recent PYMNTS Intelligence report finds that retailers will enter this year’s peak shopping season defending themselves on more fronts than ever before. Get the...

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Fed Finds 4% Increase in Consumers Revolving Card Balances
Fed Finds 4% Increase in Consumers Revolving Card Balances
December 05, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

Overall consumer credit growth slowed in October, but the headline number masks a trend: households are shifting toward revolving credit as they manage day-to-day liquidity...

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Albertsons Rolls Out Agentic AI for End-to-End Grocery Tasks
Albertsons Rolls Out Agentic AI for End-to-End Grocery Tasks
December 03, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Albertsons Companies launched a new AI-powered shopping assistant across all of its banner websites on Wednesday (Dec. 3), marking one of the grocery sector’s most...

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Lawmakers Propose Support Measures to Help Main Street Adopt AI
Lawmakers Propose Support Measures to Help Main Street Adopt AI
November 18, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Lawmakers have introduced two bipartisan bills aimed at expanding artificial intelligence support for small businesses, marking one of Congress’s most targeted efforts this year to...

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OpenAI Launches Faster GPT-5.1 and Tests Group Chats
OpenAI Launches Faster GPT-5.1 and Tests Group Chats
November 13, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI released GPT-5.1, the latest version of its flagship model, describing it as a step toward faster reasoning, more reliable instruction-following, and more personalized chat experiences, possibly...

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