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AI · Mar 13, 2026 · 4 min read

MCP vs Agent Skills: The Two Layers Every AI Team Is Confusing

MCP gives agents hands. Skills give agents judgement. Most teams are building one and wondering why the other is missing.

AI · Mar 13, 2026 · 3 min read

Shopify Moves the Storefront Inside ChatGPT

OpenAI retreated from Instant Checkout. Shopify stepped in with "agentic storefronts" that let merchants sell directly inside ChatGPT. The template for how AI and commerce platforms divide value is now set.

AI · Mar 12, 2026 · 14 min read

The $650 Billion Squeeze, Five Weeks Later: Who Is Winning and Who Was Right

Five weeks ago, we published The $650 Billion Squeeze. The argument was straightforward. Big Tech was writing checks that rivalled national GDPs to build AI infrastructure.

AI · Mar 11, 2026 · 4 min read

We Built a Fact-Checker for the AI Writing Era. Here Is Why.

AI has made it easier than ever to publish. It has not made it easier to publish accurately. So we built a tool to close that gap.

Payments · Mar 11, 2026 · 11 min read

The Agentic Commerce Dispute Crisis Nobody Is Preparing For

The industry is building rails for AI agents to spend your money. It has not redesigned the system for what happens when those agents get it wrong.

AI · Mar 11, 2026 · 12 min read

The Last Human Job in AI

Thousands of professionals are training the models that replaced them. Agentic AI may soon replace them again.

AI · Mar 11, 2026 · 4 min read

Amazon's AI Code Crisis Exposes the Industry's Oversight Gap

After a string of outages linked to AI-assisted coding, Amazon is pulling the emergency brake on unchecked deployments. The question is whether the guardrails should have been there from the start.

AI · Mar 11, 2026 · 4 min read

The Invisible AI Revolution Happening Inside Every Product Catalogue

While the world watches chatbots, generative AI is quietly transforming the boring infrastructure that makes commerce work.

AI · Mar 11, 2026 · 5 min read

The AI Company That Said No to the Pentagon Just Got Backing from Microsoft, Google, and the CIA

Anthropic refused to remove Claude's safety restrictions for military use. The Pentagon classified it as a supply chain risk. Now Microsoft, 37 AI researchers, 22 former military leaders, and civil rights groups have filed briefs in its defence.

AI · Mar 11, 2026 · 4 min read

Meta Is Using AI to Fight Fraud Across WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger

Meta announced AI-powered scam detection tools across WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger. With 22 billion daily scam exposures across its platforms, the company is shifting from reactive removal to proactive interception.

Payments · Mar 11, 2026 · 3 min read

Mastercard Just Signed 85 Crypto Companies to Build the Bridge Between Chains and Cards

Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program is not about crypto adoption. It is about who controls the translation layer between on-chain and fiat.

AI · Mar 11, 2026 · 3 min read

Meta Bought the Platform That Couldn't Secure Its Own Database

Six weeks ago, Moltbook suffered a catastrophic security breach that exposed 1.5 million API tokens. This week, Meta acquired the team and the concept behind it. The play is agent identity infrastructure for the agentic web.

AI · Mar 11, 2026 · 3 min read

Amazon Just Drew the Legal Line on AI Shopping Agents

A federal judge blocked Perplexity's Comet agent from placing orders on Amazon. The ruling lands on platform authority over user delegation, and it could define the rules for every AI shopping agent that follows.

AI · Mar 11, 2026 · 2 min read

The MM Verified AI Tools Directory Is Live: 24 Tools, 9 Categories, Zero Guesswork

Payments. AI. Commerce. Decoded.

AI · Mar 11, 2026

Nvidia Wants to Own the AI Agent Stack, Not Just the Chips That Power It

The chipmaker's open-source NemoClaw platform targets enterprise customers burned by OpenClaw's security failures, and it doesn't even require Nvidia hardware to run.

AI · Mar 9, 2026

The Great Charter Rush: Why Every Fintech Wants to Be a Bank Now

From Revolut to PayPal to Ford, the race for US banking licences has reached a pace not seen in a generation. The question isn't who's applying. It's who's left that isn't.

AI · Mar 9, 2026

Google Gemini | Review

2M token context, ISO 42001, FedRAMP High, and native Workspace integration. We rate it 4.5/5.

AI · Mar 9, 2026

xAI Grok | Review

We review xAI Grok's compute, pricing, and enterprise readiness.

AI · Mar 9, 2026

Cohere | Review

We review Cohere's RAG leadership, Model Vault, and enterprise AI strategy.

AI · Mar 9, 2026

Mistral AI | Review

We review Mistral AI's open-weight models, compliance, and enterprise strategy.

AI · Mar 9, 2026

Hawk AI | Review

We review the AI platform that Tier 1 banks trust for fraud and AML convergence.

AI · Mar 9, 2026

Hummingbird | Review

We review the platform trusted by Plaid, Etsy, and DraftKings for BSA/AML.

AI · Mar 9, 2026

Stripe | Review

We review Stripe's Agent Toolkit, Shared Payment Tokens, and Agentic Commerce Suite.

AI · Mar 9, 2026

Shopify Magic | Review

We review Shopify Magic, Sidekick, and Agentic Storefronts for AI-native commerce.