Friday, 6 November 2026

Models & Labs

Anthropic says Claude Personal Finance gets read-only access to bank accounts

Anthropic announced Thursday that Claude is getting a Personal Finance tool. Users can connect bank and credit card accounts through Plaid, and Anthropic says access is read-only. The beta starts this week for users on the Pro, Max, and Ultra plans in the U.S.

NoteFor banks, the detail to watch is how much an assistant can see. TechCrunch reports Claude sees balances, credit limits and up to two years of transactions, and that ChatGPT offered similar tools from May.

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Models & Labs

Google drops Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash video price 30% and adds 15-second video

Google says Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash introduces native 15-second video creation and multi-turn conversational editing. It dropped the price 30% from Gemini Omni 1.1, to $0.07 per second for 720p video, and it is now generally available.

$0.07per second for 720p video

NoteFor banks and payment firms, the lower per-second price makes AI video cheaper to try in marketing or customer material.

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Payments & Fintech

Ramp, Mercury, Corpay and Sunrate are introducing cards for AI agents

Ramp, Mercury, Corpay and Sunrate are introducing cards that let AI agents pay vendors, book travel and buy supplies. Mercury says an agent can’t raise its limit, and purchases outside the rules are declined automatically. Ramp ties each card to one agent and one transaction, with a hard spending cap.

52%of CFOs would use autonomous AI for liquidity or payment timing

NoteSpending limits and approval rules are the control point for payment firms. PYMNTS Intelligence found that 52% of CFOs would use autonomous AI to recommend changes to liquidity or payment timing, though fewer than one in three would let it reallocate budgets.

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