Amazon faces a dilemma — fight AI shopping agents, or join them

kept by eddie dec 26, 25

Amazon faces a dilemma between blocking external AI shopping agents like OpenAI's Instant Checkout and partnering with them, as the company risks losing control over e-commerce transactions to these agents.

Alexa is moving into Amazon․com
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Shopify merchants can now sell products through AI chatbots
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