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OpenAI Restricts Access to Latest AI Models at US Government Request
Artificial Intelligence // June 26, 2026

OpenAI said Friday (June 26) that it is limiting the release of its new GPT-5.6 series artificial intelligence (AI) models to a small group of trusted partners at the request of the U.S. government. The AI startup previewed the models’ capabilities as part of its...

ChatGPT Leads as Consumers Build Their Own AI Toolkits
Artificial Intelligence // June 24, 2026

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the artificial intelligence AI platform consumers name as the best, but it is not the only one they use. PYMNTS Intelligence data shows 60% of AI users turn to ChatGPT for shopping and purchasing while 57% use Gemini for the same tasks....

ChatGPT Reaches 1 Billion Users as the AI Economy Takes Shape
Artificial Intelligence // June 12, 2026

ChatGPT reached 1 billion global monthly active app users in May, CNBC reported on Friday (June 12), making it the fastest application in history to reach that scale. Google Maps, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube each needed between five and eight years to reach the same threshold....

Proprietary Data Gives Payments Firms a New AI Moat
Artificial Intelligence // April 06, 2026

The companies that process the world’s payments have spent decades building a record of how money moves across merchants, geographies and account types. Every transaction carries a timestamp, a merchant identity, an amount and an account history. Unlike the text and images that train most...

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ChatGPT Leads as Consumers Build Their Own AI Toolkits

June 24, 2026
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the artificial intelligence AI platform consumers name as the best, but it is not the only one they use. PYMNTS Intelligence data shows 60% of AI users turn to ChatGPT for shopping and purchasing while 57% use Gemini for the same tasks. For entertainment and hobbies, the split is 65% to 59%. […]

Proprietary Data Gives Payments Firms a New AI Moat

April 06, 2026
The companies that process the world’s payments have spent decades building a record of how money moves across merchants, geographies and account types. Every transaction carries a timestamp, a merchant...

Classrooms Turn AI Into a Lesson in Collaboration

February 26, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) in education is often framed through the lens of risk. But new data from Anthropic suggests a more nuanced reality: students and educators are not simply using...

CFOs Move AI From Science Experiment to Strategic Line Item

June 18, 2025
The artificial intelligence (AI) hype cycle has had no shortage of projections, pronouncements and technical forecasts. But while fears about AI replacing jobs may be overblown, per a recent Wednesday...

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OpenAI Restricts Access to Latest AI Models at US Government Request

June 26, 2026
OpenAI said Friday (June 26) that it is limiting the release of its new GPT-5.6 series artificial intelligence (AI) models to a small group of trusted partners at the request of the U.S. government. The AI startup previewed the models’ capabilities as part of its ongoing engagement with the government, limited the release of the […]

DeepSeek Poised to Unveil Latest AI Model

March 01, 2026
China’s DeepSeek is reportedly on the verge of releasing its latest artificial intelligence model. That’s according to a report Friday (Feb. 27) by the Financial Times (FT), which noted that...

Tech Giants Tackle Major AI Security Threat

November 03, 2025
Tech companies are reportedly increasing efforts to combat a security flaw in their AI models. Google Deepmind, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI are among the companies working to stop indirect prompt...

IBM Weaves Anthropic’s Claude Into Software Project

October 07, 2025
IBM has launched a partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (Oct. 7), is designed to encourage development of enterprise-ready AI by infusing Anthropic’s Claude large...