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Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 4.1 in Dueling Releases With OpenAI
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Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 4.1 in Dueling Releases With OpenAI
August 05, 2025

Anthropic unveiled the latest version of its flagship artificial intelligence model Tuesday (Aug. 5), the same day that OpenAI released its first two open reasoning models since 2019. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

OpenAI Takes on Rivals Meta, DeepSeek With 2 New Models
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OpenAI Takes on Rivals Meta, DeepSeek With 2 New Models
August 05, 2025

OpenAI on Tuesday (Aug. 5) unveiled two open-weight reasoning models to compete with the rise of Meta and DeepSeek. But the models are only somewhat open: Developers do not get the source code or training data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Cloudflare Accuses Perplexity of Skirting No-Crawl Rules
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Cloudflare Accuses Perplexity of Skirting No-Crawl Rules
August 05, 2025

Cybersecurity firm Cloudflare is accusing Perplexity AI of employing tactics to skirt websites’ no-crawl rules. 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,...

Wells Fargo Deploys AI Agents Business-Wide
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Wells Fargo Deploys AI Agents Business-Wide
August 05, 2025

Wells Fargo is expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud to roll out artificial intelligence agents across its business, marking a major step in the bank’s adoption of generative AI. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Agentic AI Raises Alarm Bells for Antitrust Regulators
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Agentic AI Raises Alarm Bells for Antitrust Regulators
August 05, 2025

Watch more: Agentic AI Poses New Antitrust Risks, Legal Experts Warn 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...

Character.AI Launches Interactive User Social Feed
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Character.AI Launches Interactive User Social Feed
August 04, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot platform Character.AI has launched a social feed for mobile that lets users not only scroll through posts but also “interact, remix and build on” what others have created. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Experian Unveils New AI Tool for Managing Credit and Risk Models
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Experian Unveils New AI Tool for Managing Credit and Risk Models
August 04, 2025

Experian launched a new artificial intelligence-powered tool. 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...

OpenAI Adds 200 Million Weekly Users in 4 Months
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OpenAI Adds 200 Million Weekly Users in 4 Months
August 04, 2025

Artificial intelligence startup OpenAI says it is on the verge of a new user-base milestone. 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....

SEC Forms Task Force Promoting ‘Responsible AI Integration’
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SEC Forms Task Force Promoting ‘Responsible AI Integration’
August 04, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-focused task force. 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...