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OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Advertising to More Markets After US Pilot
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (417+ words) OpenAI is set to expand the markets in which it offers advertising in ChatGPT after seeing the results of its pilot in the United States. The company will launch pilots in Canada, Australia and New Zealand in the coming weeks…...
Shopify Debuts Tinker App for Store Creation in 1 Prompt
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (279+ words) Shopify launched Tinker on Thursday (March 26), a free mobile app that replaces the fragmented AI subscription stack most merchants currently navigate with a single guided environment for building brand assets, storefronts, social content and visual identity from plain-language inputs. The…...
Solaris Cuts 80 Jobs Amid Transformation Into ‘AI-Native Bank’
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (342+ words) German embedded finance platform Solaris is cutting 20% of its workforce, about 80 roles out of 400, as it transforms itself into an "AI-native bank," Tech.eu reported Wednesday (March 25). This restructuring follows Solaris" previous job cuts, a write-down and a November 2024 rescue…...
David Sacks Transitions From AI/Crypto Czar to Technology Advisory Committee Co-Chair
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (297+ words) David Sacks'has left his role as White House special advisor for AI and crypto and shifted to a new role as co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). "In the first year of the Trump…...
Anthropic Considers Fourth-Quarter IPO
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (408+ words) Anthropic executives are considering taking the company public as early as the fourth quarter, The Information reported Thursday (March 26), citing unnamed sources. Some bankers expect the artificial intelligence (AI) startup to raise more than $60 billion in its initial public offering…...
Identity at Scale: Where KYC/KYB Touchpoints Create (or Contain) Agent Risk
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (170+ words) Identity at Scale: Where KYC/KYB Touchpoints Create (or Contain) Agent Risk'PYMNTS.com How More Identity Checks Actually Reduce Friction Identity at Scale: Where KYC/KYB Touchpoints Create (or Contain) Agent Risk Identity verification has spread across every part of…...
For Consumer AI, Distribution Is Becoming the Deciding Factor
7+ hour, 26+ min ago (463+ words) The PYMNTS data shows that consumer AI is no longer in the "try it" phase. Behavior is consolidating around repeat usage and habit formation. More than 6 in 10 U.S. consumers used a dedicated AI platform in the past year, reflecting mainstream penetration....
The Data Behind AI’s Shift to Everyday Consumer Use
12+ hour, 25+ min ago (400+ words) More than half of adult America now uses artificial intelligence tools in their daily lives, taking what until recently was an experiment mainstream. More Americans are now using artificial intelligence in their everyday lives, and usage is becoming more regular,…...
FinTechs Shift From Wealth Building to Accelerating Cash Flow
12+ hour, 26+ min ago (654+ words) The assumption that consumers are motivated primarily by upside has defined the go-to-market playbooks of payments companies, FinTechs and consumer brands for years. However, findings in the January report "Wage to Wallet" Index: The Divided Recovery: Labor Economy Workers Face…...
74% of Embedded Finance Platforms Report Less Fraud
12+ hour, 26+ min ago (425+ words) A finding from a new PYMNTS security report suggests that the technology expanding fraud risk in business payments may also hold its most promising solution. The report, "Embedding Security: Designing Fraud Risk Out of Business Transactions," by PYMNTS Intelligence and…...