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Mastercard Predicts AI Will Be ‘Meaningful’ Tailwind in APAC for 2026
December 15, 2025

Mastercard found that the Asia-Pacific region is seeing stable growth amid tariff and artificial intelligence-related upheaval. 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...

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Sony Says AWS-Powered AI Platform Processes 150,000 Inference Requests Per Day
December 15, 2025

Sony’s internal enterprise artificial intelligence platform, which is powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI services, is processing 150,000 inference requests per day and is expected to handle 300 times that amount in a few years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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PolyAI Raises $86 Million to Bolster Conversational AI Platform
December 15, 2025

Conversational artificial intelligence startup PolyAI raised $86 million in new funding. 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...

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Enterprise AI Matures as Companies Move Pilots to Unified Platforms
December 15, 2025

In 2025, enterprises reported meaningful gains from AI pilots, but fragmented deployments quickly ran into rising costs, governance gaps and operational complexity once adoption moved beyond small teams. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Agentic AI Splits Big Tech Between Open Alliances and Closed Control
December 15, 2025

Standards. Protocols. Alliances. It was a big week as usual in the Prompt Economy with several announcements that show cooperation among some of the power players that will make agentic AI’s infrastructure the commerce and communication engine of the future. Get the Full Story Complete...

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President Trump’s Ban on State AI Rules Faces Legal Pushback
December 14, 2025

Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to ban state-level AI regulations. 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,...

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OpenAI Plans to Offer AI Models’ Enhanced Capabilities to Cyberdefense Workers
December 12, 2025

OpenAI said it is adding more safeguards to its artificial intelligence (AI) models amid rapid advancements in all AI models. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Enterprise AI Shifts Focus to Inference as Production Deployments Scale
December 12, 2025

Enterprise artificial intelligence is entering a new phase as companies that spent the past two years experimenting with large language models are now moving those systems into live environments. It’s causing a shift in investment and engineering resources toward inference infrastructure. Get the Full Story...

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White House Signals AI Power Shift to Washington
December 12, 2025

The long-awaited Federal government campaign to quash state-by-state AI regulations is on. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11 directing the federal government to establish a new national approach to artificial intelligence and to push back against state-by-state AI rules the administration...