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Oct 22, 2025 AI, Software & FinTech News
OpenAI’s Atlas is more about ChatGPT than the web

OpenAI’s Atlas is more about ChatGPT than the web

TechCrunch - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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OpenAI's new browser is a surface for the company to distribute ChatGPT and develop new AI features rather than improving core web experience.

Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers

Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers

TechCrunch - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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Amazon likely hopes that the new glasses will shave valuable time off of each delivery by providing delivery drivers with detailed directions and information about hazards directl...

AI Models Get Brain Rot, Too

AI Models Get Brain Rot, Too

Wired - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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A new study shows that feeding large language models low-quality, high-engagement content from social media lowers their cognitive abilities.

Meta Cuts 600 Roles in AI Unit to Make It More Agile

Meta Cuts 600 Roles in AI Unit to Make It More Agile

PYMNTS - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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Meta is reportedly cutting about 600 roles in its artificial intelligence unit to make the unit more agile. The cuts will not affect Meta’s newly formed TBD Lab unit and will inst...

Reddit Sues Perplexity, Others Over Alleged Data Scraping

Reddit Sues Perplexity, Others Over Alleged Data Scraping

Bloomberg Technology - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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Reddit Inc. sued Perplexity AI Inc. and three other companies over alleged data scraping from the discussion site without permission, a sign of the growing demand and value of ori...

Anti-diversity activist Robby Starbuck is suing Google now

Anti-diversity activist Robby Starbuck is suing Google now

The Verge - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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Robby Starbuck is suing Google, claiming that its AI search tools falsely linked him to sexual assault allegations and white nationalist Richard Spencer. This is the second case t...

Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay

Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay

The Verge - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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We’ve got a special episode of Decoder today. I’m talking to General Motors CEO Mary Barra and new GM Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson about a lot of big news the company j...

How Chile Embodies A.I.’s No-Win Politics

How Chile Embodies A.I.’s No-Win Politics

The New York Times - Technology - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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Political debates have flared across Chile over artificial intelligence. Should the nation pour billions into A.I. and risk public backlash, or risk being left behind?

AI in Japan—OpenAI’s Japan Economic Blueprint

AI in Japan—OpenAI’s Japan Economic Blueprint

OpenAI News - Oct 21, 2025 New Trending
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OpenAI’s Japan Economic Blueprint outlines how Japan can harness AI to boost innovation, strengthen competitiveness, and enable sustainable, inclusive growth.

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Atlas Browser, Creating a Workspace

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Atlas Browser, Creating a Workspace

PYMNTS - Oct 21, 2025 New Trending
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OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Atlas, a new browser that embeds its AI assistant directly into the web interface. The browser enables users to browse, summarize and act on content in r...

Today, I shared my annual letter to shareholders, which is linked below. It’s amazing to reflect that 50 years after our founding, Microsoft is once again in the thick of a generational shift in technology. AI is radically changing every layer of the tech stack, and we’re changing with it. Thank you for being part of our journey to shape a future that empowers us all.

Today, I shared my annual letter to shareholders, which is linked below. It’s amazing to reflect that 50 years after our founding, Microsoft is once again in the thick of a generational shift in technology. AI is radically changing every layer of the tech stack, and we’re changing with it. Thank you for being part of our journey to shape a future that empowers us all.

Microsoft News - Oct 21, 2025 New Trending
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The post Today, I shared my annual letter to shareholders, which is linked below. It’s amazing to reflect that 50 years after our founding, Microsoft is once again in the thick of...

At Microsoft, we believe agentic business applications are the future of enterprise transformation. With Dynamics 365, organizations are building secure, unified data foundations and deploying business process agents that help teams scale up business performance. Learn more about how Dynamics 365 can help you move from a system of record to a system of action:

At Microsoft, we believe agentic business applications are the future of enterprise transformation. With Dynamics 365, organizations are building secure, unified data foundations and deploying business process agents that help teams scale up business performance. Learn more about how Dynamics 365 can help you move from a system of record to a system of action:

Microsoft News - Oct 21, 2025 New Trending
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The post At Microsoft, we believe agentic business applications are the future of enterprise transformation. With Dynamics 365, organizations are building secure, unified data fou...

OpenAI Turns to Wall Street as AI Training Help

OpenAI Turns to Wall Street as AI Training Help

PYMNTS - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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OpenAI is reportedly tapping Wall Street bankers to train its next generation of artificial intelligence models. According to Bloomberg, the company has hired more than 100 former...

OpenAI launches Atlas web browser

OpenAI launches Atlas web browser

Financial Times - Technology - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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ChatGPT-maker’s tool will integrate popular chatbot in challenge to Google and Microsoft

OpenAI’s AI-powered browser, ChatGPT Atlas, is here

OpenAI’s AI-powered browser, ChatGPT Atlas, is here

The Verge - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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OpenAI’s next move in its battle against Google is an AI-powered web browser. The tool, dubbed ChatGPT Atlas, is out today. The company announced it in a livestream after teasing ...

Continue your ChatGPT experience beyond WhatsApp

Continue your ChatGPT experience beyond WhatsApp

OpenAI News - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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ChatGPT will no longer be available on WhatsApp after January 15, 2026. Learn how to link your ChatGPT account and continue your conversations across devices.

OpenAI Takes On Google With AI-Powered ChatGPT Web Browser

OpenAI Takes On Google With AI-Powered ChatGPT Web Browser

Bloomberg Technology - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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OpenAI unveiled its first artificial intelligence-powered web browser, putting the ChatGPT maker in competition on a new front with Alphabet Inc.’s Google.

OpenAI Rival Cohere Looking to IPO ‘Soon,’ CEO Gomez Says

OpenAI Rival Cohere Looking to IPO ‘Soon,’ CEO Gomez Says

Bloomberg Technology - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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Cohere Inc. Chief Executive Officer Aidan Gomez said the artificial intelligence startup hopes to make its public market debut “soon,” in what would be one of the first IPOs from ...

Yelp’s AI can now take reservations over the phone

Yelp’s AI can now take reservations over the phone

The Verge - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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Yelp’s AI-powered solutions promise to answer calls, take reservations, and manage bookings for “understaffed” restaurants. Yelp Host and Yelp Receptionist are part of a broader p...

NYSE Sees Record Message Volumes as AI Fuels Trading

NYSE Sees Record Message Volumes as AI Fuels Trading

PYMNTS - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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Daily trading activity on Wall Street has reached unprecedented levels, with the New York Stock Exchange now processing about 1.2 trillion order messages each day, according to ex...

What CFOs Embracing AI Need to Know About Compliance

What CFOs Embracing AI Need to Know About Compliance

PYMNTS - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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Compliance programs are only as strong as their weakest pillars. And for CFOs and finance departments, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as one of the biggest opportunities...

AI Startups Make Trial-and-Error a Competitive Edge

AI Startups Make Trial-and-Error a Competitive Edge

PYMNTS - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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The week’s funding rounds highlight startups using AI to solve problems in science, healthcare, agriculture and enterprise operations. The technology is beginning to deliver measu...

AI Data Centers Create Fury From Mexico to Ireland

AI Data Centers Create Fury From Mexico to Ireland

The New York Times - Technology - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.

Anthropic brings Claude Code to the web

Anthropic brings Claude Code to the web

TechCrunch - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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Anthropic now lets developers spin up Claude Code agents, and manage them, from their web browser on desktop and mobile.

Claude Code on the web

Claude Code on the web

Anthropic YouTube - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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Today, we're introducing Claude Code on the web, a new way to delegate coding tasks directly from your browser. Now in research preview, you can assign multiple coding tasks to Cl...

Introducing Claude for Life Sciences

Introducing Claude for Life Sciences

Anthropic YouTube - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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Anthropic’s Jonah Cool (Head of Life Sciences Partnerships and Deployment) and Eric Kauderer-Abrams (Head of Biology and Life Sciences Research) share their vision for making Clau...

Big Tech Turns AI Agents Into Enterprise Muscle

Big Tech Turns AI Agents Into Enterprise Muscle

PYMNTS - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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It was a big week for Big Tech in the Prompt Economy, as it continues to take shape from both a technology and use case perspective. This week saw major developments from Amazon a...

IBM Posts Lukewarm Growth for Red Hat Software Business

IBM Posts Lukewarm Growth for Red Hat Software Business

Bloomberg Technology - Oct 22, 2025 New

International Business Machines Corp. reported disappointing revenue in its closely watched Red Hat unit, sparking concerns among investors who see the software business as among ...

Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap

Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap

The New York Times - Technology - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.

Amazon Cloud Reputation Hit After Outage Lasting 15 Hours

Amazon Cloud Reputation Hit After Outage Lasting 15 Hours

Bloomberg Technology - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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Amazon.com Inc.’s reputation as a reliable provider of cloud services took a hit on Monday when an outage lasting some 15 hours disrupted the operations of hundreds of companies, ...

The P2E apocalypse is gaming’s best news

The P2E apocalypse is gaming’s best news

Cointelegraph - Oct 21, 2025

Play-to-earn gaming’s collapse isn’t a crisis; it’s a necessary reset that will force developers to prioritize fun over financial extraction mechanics.

Why can’t I buy a small smartphone?

Why can’t I buy a small smartphone?

Financial Times - Technology - Oct 21, 2025

Capitalism is not giving me what I want, but I’m not behaving like a good free market consumer myself

AWS Says Cloud Service Has Recovered After Widespread Outage

AWS Says Cloud Service Has Recovered After Widespread Outage

Bloomberg Technology - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud provider, said its service had recovered after a widespread disruption on Monday degraded services for a range of customers includin...

Acumatica Embeds BILL’s AP Automation into Cloud ERP

Acumatica Embeds BILL’s AP Automation into Cloud ERP

PYMNTS - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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U.S. Acumatica customers can now manage and pay bills within their enterprise resource planning system. They can do this with the help of BILL’s accounts payable automation. This ...

Kraken Sees 23% Growth in Transaction Volume Over Q2

Kraken Sees 23% Growth in Transaction Volume Over Q2

PYMNTS - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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Cryptocurrency platform Kraken said Wednesday (Oct. 22) that its revenues rose 50% in the third quarter. Revenues reached a record high of $648 million. “Revenue growth was broad-...

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Cointelegraph - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Credit Turns From Status Symbol to Stress Test

Credit Turns From Status Symbol to Stress Test

PYMNTS - Oct 22, 2025 New Trending
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For millions of Americans trying to balance budgets, credit remains a financial lifeline and a psychological minefield. But even for those who appear to have financial security, m...

Affirm Calls for New Caps on BNPL Late Fees

Affirm Calls for New Caps on BNPL Late Fees

PYMNTS - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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Affirm wants the U.S. to find ways to cap late fees on pay-later loans. In an interview with the Financial Times (FT) published Tuesday (Oct. 21), Affirm co-founder/CEO Max Levchi...

Zilch Turns to Plaid to Power Open Banking Repayments

Zilch Turns to Plaid to Power Open Banking Repayments

PYMNTS - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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Consumer payments platform Zilch has launched an open banking partnership with Plaid. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (Oct. 21) is designed to integrate open banking into Zil...

Fraud and Bad Loans Spark Regional Bank Worries

Fraud and Bad Loans Spark Regional Bank Worries

PYMNTS - Oct 21, 2025

Investors are reportedly seeking signs of stress within the regional banking sector. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Oct. 21) from Reuters, which notes that these concerns c...

PayPal Raises Stake in eCommerce Firm Shopware to 41%

PayPal Raises Stake in eCommerce Firm Shopware to 41%

PYMNTS - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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PayPal is reportedly taking over a stake in eCommerce company Shopware from the Carlyle Group. The company’s stake in the German company will jump from 11% to 41% in this deal, Bl...

AI’s Real ROI Test: Earning Trust

AI’s Real ROI Test: Earning Trust

PYMNTS - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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Every major shift in technology reshapes the foundations of trust. The rise of autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) systems is doing so at unprecedented scale, transferring dec...

The Robots Fueling Amazon’s Automation

The Robots Fueling Amazon’s Automation

The New York Times - Technology - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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Meet Sparrow, Cardinal and Proteus. They’re the robots that, step by step, are replacing human workers in the company’s warehouses.

SoftBank-Backed GetYourGuide Says It's Profitable

SoftBank-Backed GetYourGuide Says It's Profitable

Bloomberg Technology - Oct 21, 2025

Attendees use interactive panels with technology company information at the Bloomberg Tech summit in London, on Oct. 21. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

AWS Powers FedNow’s Push for Instant Trust

AWS Powers FedNow’s Push for Instant Trust

PYMNTS - Oct 21, 2025

Watch more: Live Roundtable: AWS and FedNow, Nilesh Dusane and Dan Anthony Instant payments are reshaping how money moves and how financial institutions (FIs) meet customer expect...

Inside HSBC’s Push to Marry AI With Accountability

Inside HSBC’s Push to Marry AI With Accountability

PYMNTS - Oct 21, 2025 Trending
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Cross-border payments are among the most complex transactions in finance. They’re an intricate choreography of data, regulation and risk management that must work seamlessly and s...

Embedded Finance Crosses the Tipping Point

Embedded Finance Crosses the Tipping Point

PYMNTS - Oct 21, 2025

Embedded finance is no longer a trend. It’s the next competitive frontier. A new PYMNTS Intelligence report produced in collaboration with Green Dot reveals that nearly every majo...

Canadian Business Outlook Gloomy as Tariffs Persist

Canadian Business Outlook Gloomy as Tariffs Persist

PYMNTS - Oct 20, 2025

The Bank of Canada says Canadian businesses are concerned tariffs will hinder their sales. That’s according to the bank’s business outlook indicator survey, released Monday (Oct. ...

Blockchain.com Considers Going Public Via SPAC Listing

Blockchain.com Considers Going Public Via SPAC Listing

PYMNTS - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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Blockchain.com is reportedly considering going public via a SPAC listing. The cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider has appointed an advisor and has held talks about making ...

Revolut Gets OK to Begin Banking Services in Mexico

Revolut Gets OK to Begin Banking Services in Mexico

PYMNTS - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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Revolut’s international expansion marches on with new banking permissions in Mexico. The U.K. FinTech giant announced Monday (Oct. 20) it had been granted final authorization from...

Delinquent Subprime Car Loans Remain at Historic High

Delinquent Subprime Car Loans Remain at Historic High

PYMNTS - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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Car payments are becoming a hurdle for a growing number of lower-income Americans. That’s according to a report Monday (Oct. 20) by The New York Times, citing data from Fitch Rati...

Amazon outage breaks much of the internet

Amazon outage breaks much of the internet

TechCrunch - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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The outage affected websites like Coinbase and Fortnite, and disrupted services like Signal, Zoom and Amazon's own products, including Ring.

Apple Pay Turns 11 and Its Rivals Are Catching Up

Apple Pay Turns 11 and Its Rivals Are Catching Up

PYMNTS - Oct 20, 2025 Trending
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Digital wallets have reached a turning point. Weekly in-store usage has more than doubled year over year, and Apple Pay now moves an estimated $450 billion in annual sales. Yet ca...

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