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Google AI Automates Ad Bidding and Budget Pacing

May 08, 2026
Google Transforms Fitbit Into Health and Wellness Ecosystem
Wearables // May 07, 2026

Google is revamping its health and wellness product and platform lineup. 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...

Big Tech’s Personal AI Agents Are Coming for the to-Do List
Artificial Intelligence // May 06, 2026

Google and Meta are building personal artificial intelligence agents, moving at the same time toward the same idea of an assistant that operates in the background, handles tasks without being asked twice, and gets sharper at anticipating needs the longer it runs. Get the Full...

Tech Giants Open Frontier AI Models to Federal National Security Tests
artificial intelligence // May 05, 2026

Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI have each agreed to share their frontier artificial intelligence models with a government agency for national security testing before releasing those models to the public. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Alphabet Is Rebuilding Search as a Transaction Engine
Earnings // April 29, 2026

A search query that once returned links is now beginning to complete transactions, and Alphabet’s latest results show how quickly that shift is moving from experiment to operating model. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Interviews & Exclusives
Google’s Quantum Warning Exposes a Big Problem for Crypto

April 02, 2026
Today’s operating landscape is full of pitfalls for businesses, particularly crypto-native ones. 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 agree to receive marketing communications from […]

AWS, Google Signal Healthcare’s Shift to Agentic AI

March 09, 2026
Agentic AI is starting to look less like a future promise in healthcare and more like a practical answer to a familiar problem: too much staff time spent on paperwork,...

Gen AI Becomes the CFO’s Most Reliable Analyst

February 24, 2026
Big Tech spent millions on flashy Super Bowl commercials to hype generative artificial intelligence as a creative tool for the masses, but the holy grail is locking down lucrative enterprise...

Tech Giants Split on How to Scale Agentic AI

February 23, 2026
With all the real promise and unrealistic hype around agentic AI, it’s understandable to forget a foundational truth: AI is built on data. No data, no agents. This past week...

Quick Reads
Google AI Automates Ad Bidding and Budget Pacing

May 08, 2026
Google has unveiled some soon-to-be-released artificial intelligence (AI)-powered bidding and budgeting tools for Search and Shopping. 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 agree to […]

Google Transforms Fitbit Into Health and Wellness Ecosystem

May 07, 2026
Google is revamping its health and wellness product and platform lineup. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Tech Giants Open Frontier AI Models to Federal National Security Tests

May 05, 2026
Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI have each agreed to share their frontier artificial intelligence models with a government agency for national security testing before releasing those models to the public....

Stripe Brings Merchant Checkout to Google’s AI Apps

April 29, 2026
Stripe has partnered with Google to allow businesses to sell to consumers inside Google’s AI Mode and Gemini app. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...