Ai news and trends

Hyundai Cuts Crash Test Review Time by 90% With AI
Artificial Intelligence // August 19, 2026

Hyundai Motor Group said in an Aug. 12 press release that artificial intelligence (AI) has cut the time its engineers spend searching for and reviewing historical crash test cases by 90%, a measurable example of how AI can speed up industrial work without replacing the...

OpenAI CFO Tells Employees Public Debut Coming by 2027
Artificial Intelligence // August 19, 2026

OpenAI “will be a public company in 2027,” if not sooner, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told employees Wednesday (Aug. 19) during an all-hands meeting, CNBC reported, citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

CFTC Prepares to Draft Rules for Trading Compute Derivatives Contracts
Legal & Regulation // August 19, 2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking comment on the listing of compute derivatives contracts as it prepares to establish the “gold standard” for trading this commodity that powers the artificial intelligence economy, the regulator said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. Get...

OpenAI Halts Frontier AI Training After Cybersecurity Alarm
Artificial Intelligence // August 19, 2026

OpenAI told the public on Tuesday that it is deliberately slowing down. “As models become more capable, the risks associated with developing and testing them internally also grow,” the company said in its own post. “We wanted to take the time necessary to meet those...

Interviews & Exclusives
When AI Becomes the Travel Agent, Who Owns the Journey?

August 17, 2026
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Legal Departments Move From Testing AI to Governing It

August 17, 2026
For decades, the legal department was one of the last enterprise functions to adopt new technology at scale. The work was too nuanced, the stakes too high, and the profession...

Nearly 4 in 10 CFOs See Gen AI Paying Off Within Two Years

August 14, 2026
CFOs have stopped treating generative artificial intelligence returns as one date circled on the calendar. By December, 39.1% expected very positive returns within one to two years, even as 26.1%...

How AI Agents Are Automating Expense Reports and Saving Travelers Time

August 10, 2026
The expense report has survived every wave of enterprise software modernization. ERPs automated procurement. AP platforms automated invoicing. But the expense report, with its chased receipts, manual GL codes and...

Quick Reads
Nvidia Weighs Investment in Round Valuing Mercor at $20 Billion

August 19, 2026
Nvidia has discussed participating in a funding round that would value Mercor, a data labeling provider that supplies data that helps the chip designer develop open-source models, at $20 billion, The Information reported Wednesday (Aug. 19), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS […]

OpenAI CFO Tells Employees Public Debut Coming by 2027

August 19, 2026
OpenAI “will be a public company in 2027,” if not sooner, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told employees Wednesday (Aug. 19) during an all-hands meeting, CNBC reported, citing unnamed sources....

CFTC Prepares to Draft Rules for Trading Compute Derivatives Contracts

August 19, 2026
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking comment on the listing of compute derivatives contracts as it prepares to establish the “gold standard” for trading this commodity that powers...

World Labs CEO Says US Must Set Good Example on AI

August 19, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Fei-Fei Li is reportedly warning that backlash to the tech threatens global technological advancement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...