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Musk Dismisses Report of $15 Billion xAI Fundraise
November 13, 2025

xAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) company founded by Elon Musk, has raised $15 billion. 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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How MCP Turns Passive AI Assistants Into Active Enterprise Agents
November 13, 2025

The Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is an open standard introduced by Anthropic in late 2024 to make artificial intelligence (AI) systems more useful in real-world business settings. At its core, MCP allows AI models such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini to securely connect to...

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Target Turns to AI to Spruce Up Holiday Shopping
November 12, 2025

Target is introducing new technology features to help customers shop for the holidays. 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....

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Alipay+ Adds Biometric Payment Authentication to Smartglasses
November 12, 2025

Ant International’s Alipay+ has added iris authentication features to its smartglasses-embedded payment solution. 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....

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AI Needs Spatial Intelligence for Next Leap, Experts Say
November 12, 2025

Fei-Fei Li, known as the “godmother of AI,” argues that the current era of artificial intelligence (AI), dominated by large language models and image classifiers, has reached its limits. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Beyond Models and Compute: Big Tech’s AI Moves
November 11, 2025

Models, compute and infrastructure dominate AI headlines, but the deeper transformation is unfolding quietly behind them. This week’s tech roundup surfaces the incremental systems work, platform upgrades and engineering shifts that show how AI is weaving itself into the core of global production, communication and...

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TikTok Turns to AI to Drive Away AI-Driven Scams
November 11, 2025

eCommerce platforms like TikTok Shop are reportedly flooded with an uptick in AI-fueled scams. 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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Agentic AI Is Reframing the Enterprise Buy-vs-Build Calculus
November 11, 2025

For decades, enterprise technology strategies have hinged on a deceptively simple question: should we build it, buy it, or partner for it? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Fireworks, Metropolis and Hippocratic AI Lead Funding Rounds
November 10, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) startups raised billions in new funding this week, with investors allocating capital to companies embedding intelligence into core business operations across enterprise infrastructure, healthcare and payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...