Ai Agents news and trends

Reddit Wants Users to Prove They Are Human
Cybersecurity // March 26, 2026

Reddit on Thursday (March 26) began rolling out human verification requirements targeting accounts that display suspicious behavior, denoting a significant change in how major platforms respond to the accelerating infiltration of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Acquirers May Win Agentic Commerce by Building the Guardrails
artificial intelligence // March 26, 2026

Agentic commerce has been framed as the payment industry’s next leap forward. 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...

Oracle Launches Tools to Help Enterprises Deploy AI Agents
artificial intelligence // March 24, 2026

Oracle has introduced several new or updated features designed to help enterprises deploy artificial intelligence 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. yesSubscribe to our daily...

Anthropic Lets Claude Use Personal Computers to Complete Tasks
artificial intelligence // March 24, 2026

Anthropic says its Claude AI model can now use customers’ computers to carry out tasks. 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,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Acquirers May Win Agentic Commerce by Building the Guardrails

March 26, 2026
Agentic commerce has been framed as the payment industry’s next leap forward. 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 to receive marketing communications from […]

Amazon Opens Its Platform While Walmart Automates Its Warehouses

March 12, 2026
In the long contest between Amazon and Walmart, strategy has rarely been static. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

New Research: Productivity Gains Rise When Companies Pair AI Agents With Strong Oversight

February 12, 2026
Companies have spent the past two years racing to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) agents across sales, finance, operations and customer support. Now, a new constraint is surfacing inside the enterprise:...

AI Agents Shift Power From Marketing to Metadata

December 11, 2025
Merchants have spent much of the eCommerce era obsessed over understanding a single buyer: the human at the other end of a screen, swayed by brand storytelling, emotional triggers, intuitive...

Quick Reads
Harvey Raises $200 Million to Equip Law Firms With AI Agents

March 26, 2026
Harvey raised $200 million in new funding for its legal infrastructure for law firms and in-house teams. 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 to […]

Oracle Launches Tools to Help Enterprises Deploy AI Agents

March 24, 2026
Oracle has introduced several new or updated features designed to help enterprises deploy artificial intelligence agents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Anthropic Lets Claude Use Personal Computers to Complete Tasks

March 24, 2026
Anthropic says its Claude AI model can now use customers’ computers to carry out tasks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Google Debuts New Ways to Let AI Agents Shop Like Humans

March 19, 2026
Google has updated its Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), the agentic commerce standard launched in January. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...