This week in AI saw mega-fundraising as well as states shifting their regulations to focus more on growth than risk mitigation. Meanwhile, financial service firms remain cautious on agentic AI as Google introduces its most power model yet: Gemini 2.5. Here’s what happened. Get the...
Japanese tech investment firm SoftBank Group is reportedly planning to invest $1 trillion to build artificial intelligence (AI)-equipped factories in the United States. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Financial services companies are still in the early innings of deploying generative and agentic artificial intelligence (AI) despite the rhetoric coming from AI vendors, industry executives and academics during a roundtable discussion held Thursday (March 27) by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Get the Full...
Signs are emerging that states are taking a more pro-innovation focus in their artificial intelligence (AI) regulations and away from the stricter EU-style legislation that doubles down on reining in risks, according to think tank R Street Institute. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Swedish retail giant H&M is creating 30 digital twins of human models this year as it explores new ways to showcase its clothes, shoes and accessories. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Instacart unveiled three new features that it said will increase the chances its customers will get the items they order. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Consumers are used to product recommendations from eCommerce sites that are based on their history of purchases. Amazon is expanding this concept to suggest a shopper’s next buy based on their passions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Alibaba Cloud has launched a multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) model that can process inputs in the form of text, images, audio and video, and can generate real-time responses in the form of text and natural speech. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Google unveiled its most powerful generative artificial intelligence model yet, one that opens a new front in the competitive AI race as it performs mostly head-and-shoulders above its staunchest rivals in industry benchmarks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
