Artificial Intelligence news and trends

Apple Teams With LG to Expand Smart Home Offerings
Mobile Commerce // October 07, 2026

Apple’s new smart home hub will reportedly extend beyond the confines of the home.  The tech giant is teaming with LG Electronics to develop products including outdoor security cameras, floodlight cameras, indoor security cameras, doorbells, thermostats and smart deadlock bolts, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Oct....

Anthropic Expands Discounts and Support for Founders
Artificial Intelligence // October 06, 2026

Anthropic expanded its Claude Startups program to more founders, the company said via its Claude account in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) post on social platform X. The Claude Startups program is expanding to more founders. Members can get a year of Claude Team, API credits,...

JPMorgan CEO Warns AI Risks Jumped Tenfold After Mythos
Artificial Intelligence // October 06, 2026

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says cybersecurity risks soared when Anthropic released its Mythos AI model. Threats related to artificial intelligence (AI) “went up 10-fold after Mythos,” Dimon said in an interview Tuesday (Oct. 6) with Bloomberg TV. “AI created vulnerabilities that we didn’t know about, and we always worried about cyber before...

CrowdStrike Launches Startup Accelerator to Combat AI-Related Threats
Cybersecurity // October 06, 2026

CrowdStrike says it is seeking applicants for its fourth annual Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator. The program, run in tandem with Nvidia and Amazon Web Services (AWS), is designed for “startups building the future of cybersecurity for the agentic era,” CrowdStrike said in its announcement Tuesday (Oct. 6). “The next generation of agentic cybersecurity...

Interviews & Exclusives
Will Holiday Shopping Go Agentic? 40 Senior Execs Weigh In

October 06, 2026
AI may be ready to shop. Consumers are still deciding how much freedom they want to give it. “Holiday Retail’s AI Test Starts With Who Gets to Hit Buy” was produced by PYMNTS following a closed-door roundtable at Mastercard’s New York technology hub. The discussion brought together senior leaders from retail, payments, financial services, technology and […]

EMVCo Takes On Proof of Permission for AI Payments

October 02, 2026
Artificial intelligence agents add information to a card payment that merchants, issuers and networks don’t routinely exchange today: what the consumer authorized the agent to do and whether the transaction...

Smart Shopping Agents Still Need Someone to Vouch for Them

October 02, 2026
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Synchrony’s Mike Storiale Artificial intelligence can already recommend the running shoes. The payments industry still must figure out how to let it buy...

FIS Sees Smarter Payments Powering AI Agents

October 01, 2026
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Mike Magennis of FIS Fall brings football, starting lineups and plenty of arguments over who deserves the first pick. Mike Magennis, senior director...

Quick Reads
First Digital Eyes Agentic Commerce Expansion With SPAC Listing

October 07, 2026
Hong Kong-based stablecoin issuer First Digital says it is ready for its stock market debut. The Nasdaq listing is designed to help First Digital fund the expansion of Finance District, “ecosystem for the agentic economy,” the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 7) news release. Vincent Chok, First Digital’s founder and CEO, said the company sees Finance District […]

Apple Teams With LG to Expand Smart Home Offerings

October 07, 2026
Apple’s new smart home hub will reportedly extend beyond the confines of the home.  The tech giant is teaming with LG Electronics to develop products including outdoor security cameras, floodlight...

Anthropic Expands Discounts and Support for Founders

October 06, 2026
Anthropic expanded its Claude Startups program to more founders, the company said via its Claude account in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) post on social platform X. The Claude Startups program...

JPMorgan CEO Warns AI Risks Jumped Tenfold After Mythos

October 06, 2026
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says cybersecurity risks soared when Anthropic released its Mythos AI model. Threats related to artificial intelligence (AI) “went up 10-fold after Mythos,” Dimon said in an interview Tuesday (Oct. 6) with Bloomberg TV....