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ServiceNow Announces New AI Agent Services With Nvidia
Artificial Intelligence // October 21, 2026

Enterprise software platform ServiceNow has launched an agentic-AI-focused expansion of its partnership with Nvidia. The new updates are “designed to bring governance and security across every layer of AI agent execution,” the company said in a news release Wednesday (Oct. 21). “People are turning to...

Hackers Employ Grok and Claude to Attack LatAm Banks
Cybersecurity // October 21, 2026

A hacking group known as CyberCartel reportedly used artificial intelligence (AI) agents from several high profile tech companies to automate cyberattacks on Latin American businesses. That’s according to a report Wednesday (Oct. 21) from The Information, citing research by the cybersecurity startup Straiker shared exclusively...

Google Offers Gemini Agent to Government Workers
Artificial Intelligence // October 20, 2026

After introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) agent for workers in the private sector, Google is shifting its focus to public employees. The tech giant on Tuesday (Oct. 20) announced the preview of its Gemini agent for government services, following the recent launch of Gemini at...

Santander Turns to Nvidia to Build New AI Banking Capabilities
Banking // October 19, 2026

Santander has teamed with Nvidia to come up with capabilities for evaluating artificial intelligence models and agents for banking. This work by the Santander AI lab is designed to help determine which AI model is best suited for a task and deploy it in the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Lawmakers Test the Rules for AI Agents That Move Money

September 03, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents, stablecoins and tokenized securities put some of the mechanics of digital finance before lawmakers Wednesday (Sept. 2), including how software-driven transactions will be authorized and settled. At a House Financial Services Committee hearing that ranged across tech-driven innovation’s role against a backdrop of financial regulation and economic policy, members of Congress […]

Spreedly Sees Good Bots Becoming an Agentic Commerce Channel

September 02, 2026
Watch more: Digital Shift With Spreedly’s Adam Hiatt Bots are bad. That, at least, has been digital commerce’s operating assumption since the category’s inception. Automated activity was associated with credential...

Governance Gives AI Agents Permission to Grow Up

July 06, 2026
As the training wheels start to look like they can come off for The Prompt Economy, the next phase of agentic AI is starting to look less like a lab...

The Agentic Commerce Checklist Every Merchant Needs Now

May 25, 2026
Most merchants have prepared for every kind of customer except the one arriving now. AI agents do not browse, do not click, and do not read product descriptions written for...

Quick Reads
Walmart Opens Doors for AI Agents That Obey Strict Rules

October 21, 2026
Walmart has introduced three tools designed to let customers shop at Walmart and Sam’s Club through their choice of apps and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. “Shopping with an agent won’t be for everyone, and it doesn’t have to be,” the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 21) press release. “But for customers who choose to use one, our goal is to make […]

ServiceNow Announces New AI Agent Services With Nvidia

October 21, 2026
Enterprise software platform ServiceNow has launched an agentic-AI-focused expansion of its partnership with Nvidia. The new updates are “designed to bring governance and security across every layer of AI agent...

Hackers Employ Grok and Claude to Attack LatAm Banks

October 21, 2026
A hacking group known as CyberCartel reportedly used artificial intelligence (AI) agents from several high profile tech companies to automate cyberattacks on Latin American businesses. That’s according to a report...

Google Offers Gemini Agent to Government Workers

October 20, 2026
After introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) agent for workers in the private sector, Google is shifting its focus to public employees. The tech giant on Tuesday (Oct. 20) announced the...