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Tech Giants Open Frontier AI Models to Federal National Security Tests

May 05, 2026
cybersecurity
AI Is Fueling Microsoft’s Growth. Can It Sustain the Costs?
Earnings // April 29, 2026

Microsoft is taking a platform approach to artificial intelligence. During the tech giant’s third quarter 2026 earnings call Wednesday (April 29), leadership laid out their bet that in the agentic computing era, value is most likely to accrue to ecosystems rather than standalone products. Get...

OpenAI Joins Amazon Bedrock After New Agreement With Microsoft
artificial intelligence // April 28, 2026

OpenAI models are now available in limited preview through Amazon Bedrock, a platform for building generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications and agents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

AI’s Free Ride Is Over and the Tab Is Big
artificial intelligence // April 28, 2026

For the last couple of years, $10 a month bought a developer unlimited AI coding help. That deal is gone. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Hackers Pose as Microsoft Support to Breach Corporate Defenses
Security & Fraud // April 28, 2026

Hackers have begun impersonating Microsoft Teams help desk workers to dupe victims into installing data-stealing malware. 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...

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AI Agents Force a Rethink of How Supply Chains Run

February 09, 2026
One of the underplayed areas of The Prompt Economy is the supply chain. But new developments around procurement and logistics have brought agentic AI to the fore in this area with a promise that bottlenecks in the last mile can be smoothed by this technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this […]

Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed

January 13, 2026
With CES wrapping last week and the National Retail Federation event kicking off Monday (Jan. 12) there’s been a renewed focus on The Prompt Economy’s intersection with retail. If there’s...

AWS and Microsoft Present Agentic AI’s Banking Business Case

December 22, 2025
Agentic AI is often portrayed as a ‘wait-and-see’ game. As PYMNTS Intelligence data shows, CFOs have expressed their curiosity and a limited amount of trust, but they’ve yet to take...

Microsoft Sparks Security Fight Over AI Agents

November 24, 2025
The Prompt Economy was visited by some controversy this past week. Microsoft introduced new agentic AI features to Windows 11, which is usually a cause for sustained applause from the...

Quick Reads
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. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. […]

OpenAI Joins Amazon Bedrock After New Agreement With Microsoft

April 28, 2026
OpenAI models are now available in limited preview through Amazon Bedrock, a platform for building generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications and agents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Hackers Pose as Microsoft Support to Breach Corporate Defenses

April 28, 2026
Hackers have begun impersonating Microsoft Teams help desk workers to dupe victims into installing data-stealing malware. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Microsoft Agrees to End Revenue-Sharing With OpenAI

April 27, 2026
OpenAI has forged a new revenue and technology agreement with partner/artificial intelligence (AI) competitor Microsoft. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...