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pymnts.com > news > artificial-intelligence > 2026 > lawyer-sanctioned-after-ai-generates-fake-witnesses-in-murder-appeal

Lawyer Sanctioned After AI Generates Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

18+ hour, 8+ min ago   (440+ words) A New Mexico defense attorney’s use of artificial intelligence in a murder appeal has landed him in trouble. The state’s Supreme Court last week held attorney Stephen Aarons in direct contempt of court for submitting a brief with “false testimony…...


pymnts.com > news > artificial-intelligence > 2026 > anthropic-could-land-nvidia-as-10-billion-ipo-investor

Anthropic Could Land Nvidia as $10 Billion IPO Investor

18+ hour, 34+ min ago   (446+ words) Anthropic is reportedly in talks to have Nvidia invest in its landmark stock market listing. The chipmaker would come on as an anchor investor for Anthropic’s initial public offering (IPO), Reuters reported Friday (Sept. 11), citing sources familiar with the matter....


pymnts.com > news > 2026 > openai-pauses-ipo-plans-amid-ai-safety-worries

OpenAI Pauses IPO Plans Amid AI Safety Worries

20+ hour, 9+ min ago   (452+ words) OpenAI has reportedly postponed plans to go public amid corporate concerns about artificial intelligence safety. The AI startup’s initial public offering (IPO) will not take place in 2026, CEO Sam Altman said in an interview with Fortune on Friday (Sept. 11), saying…...


pymnts.com > cpi-posts > obama-calls-on-democrats-to-confront-risks-from-rapid-ai-growth

Cravath Lands Six Weil Partners in High-Profile M&A Team Hire

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (868+ words) Former President Barack Obama is urging Democratic leaders to make artificial intelligence policy a major political priority, warning that the technology’s rapid development could create serious dangers without stronger oversight. Obama raised the concerns during a private fundraising event last…...


pymnts.com > study > hidden-cost-of-checkout-gaps-abandoned-carts-digital-wallets

The Hidden Cost of Checkout Gaps: What 56 Million Abandoned Carts Mean for U.S. Merchants and How Agentic AI is Changing What Comes Next

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (164+ words) PYMNTS.com The Hidden Cost of Checkout Gaps: What 56 Million Abandoned Carts Mean for U.S. Merchants and How Agentic AI is Changing What Comes Next They’ve picked the product and are ready to pay. Then their preferred digital wallet is missing,…...


pymnts.com > news > artificial-intelligence > 2026 > sam-altman-floats-industrywide-pause-as-frontier-ai-safety-concerns-grow

Sam Altman Floats Industrywide Pause as Frontier AI Safety Concerns Grow

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (403+ words) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees in a company-wide meeting that the firm is considering slowing down its development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence, Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept. 11), citing unnamed sources. Altman said that he hopes other AI labs will join…...


pymnts.com > startups > 2026 > ai-startup-cohere-targets-20-billion-dollar-valuation-funding-round

AI Startup Cohere Targets $20 Billion Valuation in Funding Round

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (342+ words) Artificial intelligence startup Cohere is in advanced talks to raise between $2 billion and $3 billion at a valuation of $20 billion, The Globe and Mail reported Friday (Sept. 11). The deal could close as soon as next week, although it has not been…...


pymnts.com > news > artificial-intelligence > 2026 > nvidia-becomes-the-worlds-most-active-100-million-plus-vc-investor

Nvidia Becomes the World???s Most Active $100 Million-Plus VC Investor

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (478+ words) AI is collapsing the walls between venture capital and infrastructure finance. Nvidia’s rise to the top of the $100M-plus funding round leaderboard shows that startups are increasingly being financed alongside the compute, power and data centers they need to scale....


pymnts.com > cybersecurity > 2026 > jensen-huang-predicts-new-ai-models-will-drive-massive-cybersecurity-demand

Jensen Huang Predicts New AI Models Will Drive Massive Cybersecurity Demand

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (318+ words) Cybersecurity will be the artificial intelligence industry’s next big market, in part because of the capabilities of new AI models set to be released by AI labs, Nvidia Founder and CEO Jensen Huang said Thursday (Sept. 10). Because those who can…...


pymnts.com > news > artificial-intelligence > 2026 > anthropic-reports-chinese-labs-clone-claude-capabilities-on-industrial-scale

Anthropic Reports Chinese Labs Clone Claude Capabilities on Industrial Scale

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (397+ words) Seven labs based in China have targeted Anthropic’s generally available Claude models in illicit distillation attacks, Anthropic said in a report released Thursday (Sept. 10). Unauthorized labs use illicit distillation to extract and mimic capabilities from frontier models, without having to…...