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OpenAI CEO Says AI’s Benefits Are Worth ‘Bad Things Happening’

OpenAI CEO Says AI’s Benefits Are Worth ‘Bad Things Happening’
OpenAI CEO Says AI’s Benefits Are Worth ‘Bad Things Happening’
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI’s CEO says the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) are worth some of its risks. Sam Altman made that argument Sunday (Oct. 4) in an interview with Politico’s...

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Basware Acquires Trustpair for Fraud Prevention
Basware Acquires Trustpair for Fraud Prevention
October 05, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Invoice lifecycle management Basware has completed its acquisition of payment fraud prevention platform Trustpair. “The acquisition extends Basware’s invoice lifecycle management capabilities all the way to the payment...

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AWS Says Banks Face a 24/7 Payments Balancing Act
AWS Says Banks Face a 24/7 Payments Balancing Act
October 05, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Moving money faster has compressed the time banks have to answer a more complicated question: How should this particular payment move? A transaction can arrive...

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Going Global Exposes Payments’ Weak Spots
Going Global Exposes Payments’ Weak Spots
October 05, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Watch more: Need to Know With Spreedly’s Nick Daley Selling in another country can force a merchant to find out how much growth its payments...

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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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Nubank Alum Launches Decade to Give Money an AI Copilot
Nubank Alum Launches Decade to Give Money an AI Copilot
October 05, 2026  |  Investments

Watch more: Monday Conversation With Decade’s Vitor Olivier Vitor Olivier spent years building the infrastructure behind Nubank, the Brazilian digital bank that gave roughly 100...

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Shoppers Want Technology to Do the Deal Hunting
Shoppers Want Technology to Do the Deal Hunting
October 05, 2026  |  Shopping

Embedded offers have a sizable audience before merchants, banks and brands solve for full automation. Consumers who are most receptive to automated offer management account...

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Apple IDs iPhone Bug That Requires Device Replacements
Apple IDs iPhone Bug That Requires Device Replacements
October 04, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple has reportedly identified a glitch affecting some new iPhone models. The bug applies to a “small number” of AT&T customers who recently upgraded to...

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