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Alphabet Bets $185B on Gemini, Agentic Commerce and Enterprise AI
Google // February 04, 2026

When Alphabet outlined plans on its fourth quarter earnings call Wednesday (Feb. 4) to invest between $175 billion and $185 billion in capital expenditures during 2026, the range seemed to be less about ambition than necessity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Big Tech Faces the AI Innovator’s Dilemma.
artificial intelligence // February 04, 2026

Smith Corona was once the king of written communications. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...

Agent-Only Social Media Is Here
artificial intelligence // February 03, 2026

No, this is not a scene from “Black Mirror.” A few days after the open-source AI agent OpenClaw exploded across developer forums and social media, a new experiment quietly took shape alongside it. Moltbook, a Reddit-like social network built not for humans but for AI...

75% of Tech Firms Say They Are Extremely Familiar With AI Agents
artificial intelligence // February 03, 2026

The next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is not arriving evenly across the economy. It is taking shape first inside the technology sector itself, where companies that build digital tools are also becoming the earliest and most confident users of autonomous systems. Get the...

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Alphabet Bets $185B on Gemini, Agentic Commerce and Enterprise AI

February 04, 2026
When Alphabet outlined plans on its fourth quarter earnings call Wednesday (Feb. 4) to invest between $175 billion and $185 billion in capital expenditures during 2026, the range seemed to be less about ambition than necessity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS […]

75% of Tech Firms Say They Are Extremely Familiar With AI Agents

February 03, 2026
The next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is not arriving evenly across the economy. It is taking shape first inside the technology sector itself, where companies that build digital...

Google Trains AI Agents for Hard Questions and Real Work

February 02, 2026
The Prompt Economy is all about promise and execution. The promise is easy to see in all the announcements from companies like Visa, Mastercard, Google and others that continue to...

Governance Helps Agentic AI Move Faster Inside Companies

January 26, 2026
Enthusiasm leads to execution, which leads to results. That’s the equation that usually signals an integration of technology into an enterprise — and agentic AI is no different. The dynamics...

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OpenAI Targets Enterprise Market With New AI Agent Platform

February 05, 2026
OpenAI now offers both a platform and the services of human engineers to help enterprises use artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you […]

OpenAI Warns Malicious Links Could Undermine Agentic AI

January 30, 2026
OpenAI is elevating a risk that has quietly grown alongside autonomous AI systems: links. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

eBay Blocks Use of AI ‘Buy-For-Me’ Agents

January 27, 2026
eBay is preparing to bar third-party “buy-for-me” agents and AI chatbots from interacting with its platform without consent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

PayPal Acquires Cymbio to Bolster Agentic Commerce Capabilities

January 22, 2026
PayPal is set to acquire marketplace and dropship automation platform Cymbio. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...