Court Blocks Amazon Ban on Perplexity AI Agents
A court of appeals blocked a lower court’s order that would have prevented Perplexity’s artificial intelligence shopping agents from visiting Amazon’s website, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (March ...
Wall Street Snubs Qualtrics Debt Over AI Disruption Risks
JPMorgan and other banks stopped a $5.3 billion debt deal for software firm Qualtrics International after investors in the leveraged loan and junk bond markets declined to participate, Bloomberg repor...
Prediction Market Kalshi Fights Arizona Criminal Charges
Prediction market Kalshi said Tuesday (March 17) that a lawsuit filed by the Arizona attorney general is meritless and that the company looks forward to fighting them in court.
The company�...
Google Expands Personal Intelligence to Free Tier
Google has expanded its Personal Intelligence feature and now offers it in the United States across AI Mode in Search, the Gemini app and Gemini in Chrome.
Personal Intelligence, which was ...
World and Coinbase Turn AI Agents Into Trusted Shoppers
World and Coinbase collaborated to introduce a solution for the agentic web that provides proof that agents have a human behind them.
The AgentKit beta is a developer toolkit that allows ve...
PayPal Scales PYUSD Stablecoin to Reach 70 Countries
PayPal said it has expanded the availability of its dollar-backed stablecoin PayPal USD (PYUSD) and now offers it in 70 markets worldwide.
PYUSD is available to users in their PayPal accoun...
Microsoft Combining Commercial and Consumer AI Efforts
Microsoft is reconfiguring the various teams working on its flagship artificial intelligence (AI) offering.
In a message on the company blog Tuesday (March 17), CEO Satya Nadella said Micro...
Mastercard Unveils Gen AI Model as Insights Engine for Commerce
Mastercard is developing a new generative artificial intelligence foundation model designed to serve as an “insights engine” for payments and commerce, according to a Tuesday (March 17) news relea...
