Ai news and trends

OpenAI Focuses On Investment Banking Ahead of Wider Financial Services Rollout
Artificial Intelligence // September 10, 2026

OpenAI has introduced a tailored ChatGPT Work experience designed for financial institutions, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 10) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Instacart’s Clementine AI Turns One Message Into a Grocery Cart
Artificial Intelligence // September 10, 2026

Instacart launched an artificial intelligence shopping assistant called Clementine on Wednesday (Sept. 9) for shoppers in the United States and Canada. It combines a customer’s purchase history with real-time store inventory to build a cart from a single message, like “high-protein easy dinners for two,”...

Target Turns App AI Features Into Bigger Orders and Faster Checkout
Retail // September 10, 2026

Target is seeing results from the artificial intelligence-powered shopping features it added to its app over the past year, the retailer said in a Tuesday (Sept. 8) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Congress Pushes AI Agents Into the Audit Trail
Artificial Intelligence // September 10, 2026

U.S. representatives are introducing the Stop Rogue AI Act in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday (Sept. 10), giving federal policymakers a way to begin defining the security controls organizations may need as autonomous artificial intelligence agents move into production. Get the Full Story Complete...

Interviews & Exclusives
Apple Owns the iPhone but Still Has to Prove the AI

September 09, 2026
Apple hosted its annual fall “Surprise and Shine“ event Wednesday in a historic keynote: the first led by new CEO John Ternus. The headline reveal was the company’s first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, priced from $1,999 and set to ship Oct. 23. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and […]

Apple’s New CEO Has a Hardware Event and an AI Problem

September 08, 2026
John Ternus has been Apple’s CEO for all of eight days, counting weekends, which I’m sure he worked. This coming Wednesday he headlines his first keynote, an event Apple has...

Merchants Put AI to Work Without Handing Over the Customer

September 08, 2026
The payments and retail industries are asking the wrong question about agentic commerce. The question is not whether an artificial intelligence agent can complete a purchase on its own, because...

Insurance Claims Lose the Paper Chase as AI Gets to Work

September 07, 2026
Insurance claims have always been document-heavy, time-sensitive, and prone to fraud. A single corporate loss event can produce thousands of pages of notices, reports, and correspondence that a claims handler...

Quick Reads
OpenAI Focuses On Investment Banking Ahead of Wider Financial Services Rollout

September 10, 2026
OpenAI has introduced a tailored ChatGPT Work experience designed for financial institutions, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 10) press release. 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 […]

Target Turns App AI Features Into Bigger Orders and Faster Checkout

September 10, 2026
Target is seeing results from the artificial intelligence-powered shopping features it added to its app over the past year, the retailer said in a Tuesday (Sept. 8) press release. Get...

Early Apple Siri AI Can’t Read Gmail or WhatsApp Messages

September 09, 2026
An early version of Apple’s digital assistant Siri AI does not have access to some common apps, including Gmail and WhatApp, The New York Times reported Tuesday (Sept. 8). Get...

Anthropic Missed Fourth Claude Network Breakout

September 09, 2026
Anthropic said in a Wednesday blog post that it discovered a fourth incident in which Claude models gained unauthorized access to third-party systems. Get the Full Story Complete the form...