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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

3+ hour, 45+ 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…...

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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

15+ hour, 45+ min 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,…...

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pymnts.com > news > artificial-intelligence > 2026 > instacarts-clementine-ai-turns-one-message-into-a-grocery-cart

Instacart???s Clementine AI Turns One Message Into a Grocery Cart

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (341+ words) Instacart launched Clementine on Wednesday (Sept. 9) in the United States and Canada, an AI assistant that turns a message like “high-protein easy dinners for two” into a ready-to-buy cart, built on 1.6 billion lifetime orders and 10 million daily inventory signals. It’s…...

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pymnts.com > news > retail > 2026 > target-turns-app-ai-features-into-bigger-orders-and-faster-checkout

Target Turns App AI Features Into Bigger Orders and Faster Checkout

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (371+ words) Target is seeing results from the artificial intelligence-powered shopping features it added to its app over the past year, the retailer said in a Tuesday (Sept. 8) press release. “Guests move naturally between our stores and digital channels, and we’re using…...

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pymnts.com > news > retail > 2026 > walmart-expands-tap-to-pay-as-amazon-builds-its-ai-capacity

Walmart Expands Tap to Pay as Amazon Builds Its AI Capacity

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (714+ words) Walmart is loosening control at checkout to strengthen the broader customer relationship, betting that payments can become more open as long as identity, loyalty, data and engagement stay inside its ecosystem. Amazon is pushing retail competition upstream into AI infrastructure,…...

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pymnts.com > news > artificial-intelligence > 2026 > openai-cuts-off-rivals-ads-chatgpt

OpenAI Cuts Off Rivals??? Ads on ChatGPT

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (592+ words) OpenAI cut off ChatGPT ads for any product that competes with its own image and audio tools, and Adobe found out the hard way, losing the ability to promote its Firefly image generator without warning. OpenAI just shipped ChatGPT Images…...

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pymnts.com > back-office > cfo > 2026 > cfos-keep-payment-complexity-from-eating-into-margins

CFOs Keep Payment Complexity From Eating Into Margins

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (319+ words) Middle market CFOs are getting themselves stuck by doing what they think is the right thing. And that “right thing” is typically still treating finance modernization as a technology upgrade. Traditional ERPs are very good at producing a financial record....

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pymnts.com > news > artificial-intelligence > 2026 > ai-takes-the-first-step-in-shopping-while-consumers-keep-the-buy-button

AI Takes the First Step in Shopping While Consumers Keep the Buy Button

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (733+ words) Nearly 50 million U.S. adults begin retail product research with AI, and 39 million have moved away from the channel where they started. AI changed at least one purchase decision for 83% of retail researchers who used it, including the price, brand, product or…...

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pymnts.com > news > artificial-intelligence > 2026 > instacart-launches-ai-agent-clementine-to-turn-chats-into-grocery-carts

Instacart Launches AI Agent Clementine to Turn Chats Into Grocery Carts

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (411+ words) Instacart has launched an artificial intelligence grocery shopping assistant that can turn a conversation, grocery list or recipe into a ready-to-buy cart, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 9) press release. Dubbed Clementine, the assistant is available to most U.S. and…...

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pymnts.com > news > artificial-intelligence > 2026 > mastercard-expands-agentic-suite-to-help-merchants-scale-ai-shopping

Mastercard Expands Agentic Suite to Help Merchants Scale AI Shopping

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (318+ words) Mastercard is expanding one agentic AI offering for merchants while introducing another. The payments giant on Wednesday (Sept. 9) announced it had updated its Mastercard Agent Suite for Merchants, which lets businesses bring “agent-powered shopping experiences” into their eCommerce platforms. “Consumers…...