What’s Hot

Follow the popular trending news, topics, and video on PYMNTS.com

OpenAI Recruits External Watchdogs to Police AI Risk

OpenAI Recruits External Watchdogs to Police AI Risk
OpenAI Recruits External Watchdogs to Police AI Risk
September 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI is talking with multiple independent assessors to help grow the number of such companies that have expertise in frontier artificial intelligence safety and can...

READ MORE >
Meta Tests Human Callers for Muse After Merchants Hang Up on AI
Meta Tests Human Callers for Muse After Merchants Hang Up on AI
September 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta tested having human contractors handle some calls for the phone-calling feature of its personal artificial intelligence assistant Muse, Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. 22), citing...

READ MORE >
Apple Considers Screenless Fitness Tracker to Expand Wearable Lineup Beyond Smartwatches
Apple Considers Screenless Fitness Tracker to Expand Wearable Lineup Beyond Smartwatches
September 22, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple is developing a new health and fitness tracker in response to the growing popularity of Whoop’s wrist-worn device and Oura’s smart ring, Bloomberg reported...

READ MORE >
SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot Gains Early Traction in AI Agent Push
SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot Gains Early Traction in AI Agent Push
September 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot surpassed 400,000 weekly users about a month after its launch, offering an early measure of demand for the company’s push into artificial...

READ MORE >
Adyen Names Klarna CFO Niclas Neglen as New Finance Chief
Adyen Names Klarna CFO Niclas Neglen as New Finance Chief
September 22, 2026  |  Personnel

Payments FinTech Adyen hired Klarna Chief Financial Officer Niclas Neglen as its new CFO, effective Feb. 1, 2027, according to a Tuesday (Sept. 22) press...

READ MORE >
Anthropic Cuts AI Processing Costs 40% With Opus 5.5 Debut
Anthropic Cuts AI Processing Costs 40% With Opus 5.5 Debut
September 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic said its new Claude Opus 5.5 represents a “major step up” from Opus 5 and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5 on...

READ MORE >
Shopify Brings Shop Pay Checkout Solution to Meta’s Muse AI Agent
Shopify Brings Shop Pay Checkout Solution to Meta’s Muse AI Agent
September 22, 2026  |  eCommerce

Shopify and Meta have partnered to extend the shopping capabilities of Meta’s Muse artificial intelligence assistant, executives said Monday (Sept. 21). Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke...

READ MORE >
Anthropic Alumni Startup Sees Valuation Jump Fivefold
Anthropic Alumni Startup Sees Valuation Jump Fivefold
September 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Mirendil, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former Anthropic researchers, is in talks to raise new funding at a $5 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported, citing...

READ MORE >