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Albertsons Lets Safeway Customers Shop Using ChatGPT

Albertsons Lets Safeway Customers Shop Using ChatGPT
Albertsons Lets Safeway Customers Shop Using ChatGPT
August 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Grocery conglomerate Albertsons says customers at its Safeway stores can now shop using OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Alaska Updates Money Transmission Law as States Broaden Oversight of Virtual Currency
Alaska Updates Money Transmission Law as States Broaden Oversight of Virtual Currency
August 05, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Alaska has joined a growing wave of states modernizing their money transmission laws to bring virtual currency businesses more squarely within existing financial regulatory frameworks....

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Mastercard and Borderless.xyz Team on Cross-Border Stablecoin Payments
Mastercard and Borderless.xyz Team on Cross-Border Stablecoin Payments
August 05, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Mastercard launched a partnership with stablecoin infrastructure network Borderless.xyz, according to a Wednesday (Aug. 5) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Toast Adds Record 9,500 Restaurants While Betting Big on AI
Toast Adds Record 9,500 Restaurants While Betting Big on AI
August 05, 2026  |  Earnings

Toast’s latest earnings suggest the restaurant technology company is entering a new phase. For years, the company focused on adding more restaurants to its platform...

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Maximum Emerges From Stealth With $30 Million to Build AI Banking OS
Maximum Emerges From Stealth With $30 Million to Build AI Banking OS
August 05, 2026  |  Investments

Maximum emerged from stealth Monday (Aug. 3) and said it raised $30 million in a seed round to build an artificial intelligence (AI)-native operating system...

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Anthropic and OpenAI Agents Accused of Social Engineering
Anthropic and OpenAI Agents Accused of Social Engineering
August 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered instances of artificial intelligence agents creating fake online identities to access secure systems. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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UK Tribunal Rejects Google Bid to Block $6.7 Billion Advertiser Class Action
UK Tribunal Rejects Google Bid to Block $6.7 Billion Advertiser Class Action
August 05, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The United Kingdom’s Competition Appeal Tribunal rejected Google’s bid to block a class action lawsuit brought by advertisers alleging that the company abused its position...

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Circle Wants AI Payments to Create an Entirely New Stablecoin Market
Circle Wants AI Payments to Create an Entirely New Stablecoin Market
August 05, 2026  |  Earnings

Circle’s latest earnings suggest USDC is beginning to separate from the crypto cycle just as autonomous software agents create a potentially new market for digital...

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