Generative Ai news and trends

An AI With No Body Just Landed a Movie Deal
Artificial Intelligence // July 09, 2026

Tilly Norwood is entirely AI generated and is about to headline her first feature film. Particle6, the London studio that created her, announced “Misaligned” on Monday (July 6)—a comedy-drama in which Norwood plays an AI being with no body, no childhood and no lived experience...

Meta Launches New Image Generation Tool for Consumers and Businesses
Facebook / Meta // July 07, 2026

Meta has begun rolling out an image generation model available in Meta AI. 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...

Amazon Adds AI Image Search to Its Shopping App
Amazon // June 11, 2026

The shopper who can’t remember the word “cowl neck” or doesn’t know what “rattan” means has always been the hardest customer to serve. Amazon just built a tool for her. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Spotify Turns AI Fan Covers Into Artist Paychecks
Artificial Intelligence // May 22, 2026

Spotify and Universal Music Group have built a rights framework for something that has been happening without one: fans using artificial intelligence AI to cover and remix songs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Interviews & Exclusives
98% of US Product Leaders Expect Gen AI to Improve Workflows

March 04, 2026
Generative AI is cementing its status as a near-term operating upgrade for U.S. product chiefs, with rising confidence that it can speed work while also improving control in sensitive areas such as security and compliance. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content […]

Shadow AI Shows Up as Compliance Problem at Work

January 14, 2026
Shadow AI is rapidly becoming the generative AI risk that compliance leaders do not discover until something breaks. Even as enterprises deploy “approved” copilots and internal model platforms, employees are...

77% of Chief Product Officers Use Gen AI for Cybersecurity

November 06, 2025
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may be rewriting product playbooks, but it hasn’t yet written humans out of them. The newest PYMNTS Intelligence report, “From Spark to Strategy: How Product Leaders...

Pichai Says Gemini App Has 650 Million Downloads 

October 29, 2025
If there were any questions about what drove Google parent Alphabet towards its first ever quarter of notching more than $100 billion in sales, they were quickly laid to rest...

Quick Reads
Bank of America Equips Customer Service Reps With Gen AI

July 21, 2026
Bank of America has added new generative artificial intelligence capabilities to EricaAssist, an AI agent that works alongside the bank’s customer service representatives during calls. 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 […]

Meta Launches New Image Generation Tool for Consumers and Businesses

July 07, 2026
Meta has begun rolling out an image generation model available in Meta AI. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Amazon Adds AI Image Search to Its Shopping App

June 11, 2026
The shopper who can’t remember the word “cowl neck” or doesn’t know what “rattan” means has always been the hardest customer to serve. Amazon just built a tool for her....

AI Cuts Booking Holdings Customer Service Costs 10% as Volumes Rise

February 18, 2026
Generative artificial intelligence enabled Booking Holdings to reduce its customer service costs year over year, even as the company handled 10% more bookings, Booking Holdings Chief Financial Officer Ewout Steenbergen...