Saturday Feature

Lights, Camera, Input: Film Festival Celebrates ‘Authentic’ Emotion Generated by AI
Lights, Camera, Input: Film Festival Celebrates ‘Authentic’ Emotion Generated by AI
August 09, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

A new kind of filmmaker is set to walk the red carpet at this year’s Venice film festival: human creators who embrace artificial intelligence in...

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Ten Fun (and Slightly Bizarre) Facts About Back-to-School Shopping
Ten Fun (and Slightly Bizarre) Facts About Back-to-School Shopping
August 02, 2025  |  Retail

Back-to-school spending is at a record high, with parents shelling out over $1,200 per household and turning to financing to cover costs. Get the Full...

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How AI Is Giving Famous Artworks a Makeover (and Why Collectors Are Cheering)
How AI Is Giving Famous Artworks a Makeover (and Why Collectors Are Cheering)
July 26, 2025  |  The Weekender

Move over, white-gloved conservators. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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MIT Student Invents Breakthrough Art Restoration Technique
MIT Student Invents Breakthrough Art Restoration Technique
July 19, 2025  |  The Weekender

Ever since he was a child, Alex Kachkine has been fascinated by paintings. He would visit museums and was drawn in by the visual art...

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When CEOs Let AI Take the Wheel — the Brave, the Bold and the Bizarre in FinTech AI
When CEOs Let AI Take the Wheel — the Brave, the Bold and the Bizarre...
July 12, 2025  |  The Weekender

Welcome to the Weekender, where we trade balance sheets for belly laughs and let our hair down — figuratively, of course — on the wild frontier...

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Star-Spangled Sticker Shock Hits Cookouts and Bottle Rockets
Star-Spangled Sticker Shock Hits Cookouts and Bottle Rockets
July 05, 2025  |  The Weekender

If you’re reading this from a shaded Adirondack chair, lemonade in hand and the distant sizzle of a grill in your ears, congratulations: you’re living...

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Labubu Is Becoming Its Own Asset Class
Labubu Is Becoming Its Own Asset Class
June 21, 2025  |  Retail

If you’ve scrolled through Instagram lately or wandered the halls of Art Basel, you’ve likely spotted a wide-eyed, snaggle-toothed gremlin dangling from a Hermès Birkin...

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IPOs That Launched Like Rockets — and Those That Flew Straight Into a Wall
IPOs That Launched Like Rockets — and Those That Flew Straight Into a Wall
June 14, 2025  |  The Weekender

If you hear the faint hiss of champagne corks this summer, that’s the sound of bankers limbering up for two long-anticipated debuts: Chime and Klarna....

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Drones Take Flight — From Prime Air to Poolside Prosecco
Drones Take Flight — From Prime Air to Poolside Prosecco
June 07, 2025  |  The Weekender

If you thought the future of eCommerce delivery was all about electric vans and AI-powered routing, think again. The sky — quite literally — is...

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