Under the partnership of Mastercard and Alchemy, Mastercard holders can now let an AI agent make purchases online with spending caps and limits on selected retailers.
This ushers business transactions into a new era called agentic commerce, giving AI further inroads into autonomous activities on behalf of humans.
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California grape growers and wine producers are fighting hard to find ways to adapt as the wine industry shrinks.
The United States boasts the fourth largest wine industry in the world, but California wineries continue to struggle after being hit with a 1.2 billion dollar drop in revenue in 2025, compared to the year before.
Both volume and revenue are expected to drop again this year.
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Made by Galbot, a robot named Xiao Gai staffs around 200 small capsule-like convenience store outlets in 50 cities across mainland China.
Now, several have opened in Hong Kong as well.
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American multinational confectionery and food giant Mondelēz International is using AI tools as part of an insourcing initiative to boost its overall financial performance.
Based in Chicago, with annual revenues exceeding $38 billion, the company owns global brands including Oreo, Cadbury, Chips Ahoy, Wheat Thins, and Sour Patch Kids.
Mondelēz plans to deploy automation and AI tools and techniques at a host of distribution centers serving its direct-store-delivery network while revamping a portion of its U.S. manufacturing operations, enabling the company to […]