July 29, 2024
WTO Agreement Looks to Pave Way for Paperless Cross-Border Commerce
With the news that five years of trade negotiations under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce reached a milestone Friday (July 26) — with participants...
July 29, 2024
GenAI Giants Unleash New Models With More Business Capabilities
In a move that’s sending ripples through the tech and business worlds, Meta Platforms has unveiled its most advanced AI models yet, challenging industry leaders OpenAI and Google. The release...
July 29, 2024
Anthropic Named ‘Best Performing’ LLM as AI Arms Race Intensifies
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) firm Galileo has released a new ranking of top large language models (LLMs). The company on Monday (July 29) announced its latest “Hallucination Index,” which ranks...
July 29, 2024
OpenAI Fires Shot at Google With AI-Powered ‘SearchGPT’
OpenAI’s new “SearchGPT” tool, launched Thursday (July 25), aims to shake up the eCommerce industry online with AI-powered product discovery and comparison. The prototype, available to a limited test group, promises...
July 29, 2024
Apple Delays AI Features for New iPhone and iPad Software...
Apple Inc. has announced that its upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) features will be delayed and will not be included in the initial launch of the new iPhone and iPad software...
July 29, 2024
CE 100 Index Gains 0.4% as Coursera Jumps on Earnings
Excitement over artificial intelligence (AI) helped drive Coursera shares (and results) significantly higher this past week, while earnings began to trickle in for the CE 100 Index — and the...
July 28, 2024
DoorDash Hires Ex-Amazon Exec and Explores Digital Storefronts
DoorDash has reportedly hired an ex-Amazon executive to help its continued expansion beyond restaurant deliveries. Parisa Sadrzadeh, who has also worked as Flexport’s vice president for small and midsize business...
July 28, 2024
Cyberattacks Present Shipping Industry’s Biggest Threat Since WWII
The shipping sector is reportedly facing a spike in cyberattacks tied to state-sponsored hackers. The industry saw at least 64 cyber incidents last year, the Financial Times reported Saturday (July...
July 28, 2024
WTO Countries Sign Global eCommerce Agreement That Would Ban Tariffs
Several dozen World Trade Organization (WTO) countries have signed a sweeping agreement governing global eCommerce. The agreement, adopted Friday (July 26), is the first-ever set of global digital trade rules...
The U.S., U.K. and Europe are intensifying their efforts to develop and deploy the policies and infrastructure necessary to advance the use cases and real time payments volume of their domestic networks. This month’s “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, explores the progress and future developments of real-time payments across these regions.
Nearly half of consumers in Mexico shop in-store without using digital shopping features — but merchants hear their customers’ cries for a better experience and are planning to add many. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest 33-page report, the “2024 Global Digital Shopping Index: Mexico Edition,” commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, features eight charts that provide a blueprint for merchants in Mexico to increase customer satisfaction and drive revenue.