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Meta Acquires ARI to Fuel Humanoid Robot Push

Meta Acquires ARI to Fuel Humanoid Robot Push
Meta Acquires ARI to Fuel Humanoid Robot Push
May 03, 2026  |  Meta

Meta has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI), a startup developing artificial intelligence models for general-purpose, humanoid robots. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Mother’s Day, but Make It Platinum
Mother’s Day, but Make It Platinum
May 02, 2026  |  The Weekender

Mother’s Day is the annual moment when otherwise rational adults look into the maw of modern commerce and ask a spiritually revealing question: Is brunch...

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OpenAI CFO Says Company Hits Core Targets Despite Stretch Goals
OpenAI CFO Says Company Hits Core Targets Despite Stretch Goals
May 01, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said Thursday (April 30) that the company is meeting its objectives. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Uber Taps Hertz Subsidiary to Scale Robotaxi Program
Uber Taps Hertz Subsidiary to Scale Robotaxi Program
May 01, 2026  |  Partnerships

Hertz plans to expand beyond its car rental business and serve “the next era of mobility” with a new affiliated operating company that will provide fleet...

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Fed Prepares New Playbook to Support Bank AI Adoption
Fed Prepares New Playbook to Support Bank AI Adoption
May 01, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

Anthropic’s Mythos highlights the speed at which artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities can advance and the need for supervisory approaches to keep pace with emerging technology,...

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Big Insurance Backs Away From AI Risk and Startups Rush In
Big Insurance Backs Away From AI Risk and Startups Rush In
May 01, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

A company deploys an artificial intelligence (AI) agent. The agent makes a mistake. The insurance policy does not cover it. Get the Full Story Complete...

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ChatGPT Finds Your Pizza but Loses the Checkout
ChatGPT Finds Your Pizza but Loses the Checkout
May 01, 2026  |  ResTech

PYMNTS tried ordering food through ChatGPT. Getting a pizza from Little Caesars took longer than driving to pick one up. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Stablecoins Grew Up. Now Come the Rules 
Stablecoins Grew Up. Now Come the Rules 
May 01, 2026  |  Blockchain

The stablecoin market is moving fast in two directions at once. One path leads toward greater financial integration and the other toward greater regulatory scrutiny....

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