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Microsoft Cedes the Chatbot Race and Doubles Down on Enterprise

Microsoft Cedes the Chatbot Race and Doubles Down on Enterprise
Microsoft Cedes the Chatbot Race and Doubles Down on Enterprise
September 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft is folding the consumer version of Copilot into its workplace product and ending its effort to build a personal artificial intelligence companion, Bloomberg reported....

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Fed Prepares to Lift Thresholds That Trigger Stricter Bank Oversight
Fed Prepares to Lift Thresholds That Trigger Stricter Bank Oversight
September 25, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

The Federal Reserve plans to raise the asset thresholds for stricter oversight of big banks, Reuters reported Friday (Sept. 25), citing unnamed sources. The Fed is considering lifting...

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Microsoft Bundles Copilot Features to Challenge Anthropic and OpenAI in the Workplace
Microsoft Bundles Copilot Features to Challenge Anthropic and OpenAI in the Workplace
September 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft introduced its new Copilot, saying in a Friday (Sept. 25) blog post that this artificial intelligence assistant now brings together several capabilities that were...

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Delaware’s AI Company Plan Draws Questions Over Who Is Accountable
Delaware’s AI Company Plan Draws Questions Over Who Is Accountable
September 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Delaware’s proposal to create a new corporate form run by artificial intelligence is drawing scrutiny from legal experts who say the state has not adequately...

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Virtual Cards Become the Permission Layer for Agent-Driven B2B Payments
Virtual Cards Become the Permission Layer for Agent-Driven B2B Payments
September 25, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Corporate cards provided a scalable answer to the question of who is allowed to spend company money. Virtual cards are taking that answer even further,...

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Amazon Adds Walmart Orders to Its View of Sellers
Amazon Adds Walmart Orders to Its View of Sellers
September 25, 2026  |  Working Capital

Merchant lending has traditionally been built around the sales a platform can see. Multichannel commerce is widening that view. A small- to medium-sized business (SMB)...

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Goldman Sachs Projects Big Tech AI Infrastructure Spending to Hit $1.2 Trillion in 2027
Goldman Sachs Projects Big Tech AI Infrastructure Spending to Hit $1.2 Trillion in 2027
September 25, 2026  |  Big Tech

Artificial intelligence infrastructure spending by the five largest U.S. hyperscalers will reach $1.2 trillion in 2027, up from $800 billion this year, Goldman Sachs Group...

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Three Regulators Give Banks Three Paths to Issue Stablecoins
Three Regulators Give Banks Three Paths to Issue Stablecoins
September 25, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Federal Reserve’s stablecoin proposals on Thursday (Sept. 24) put a third federal bank regulator’s plans on the table. Banks can now see how the Fed,...

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