Rejoice, you giant bags of mostly water, for Amazon has deployed its one millionth bot (via TechCrunch). And by some estimates, that means it is on track to have more robots than human employees. Wait ...

A U.S. appeals court has suspended a California judge’s order that had barred Perplexity AI Inc. from using its AI-powered shopping agent, Comet, on Amazon.com Inc.’s marketplace. The reprieve was ...

Amazon (AMZN) is bringing generative AI to its shopping app via its new Rufus chatbot. I’ve used a good deal of generative AI apps so far, and they’ve largely focused on searching the web, helping ...

Perplexity AI must stop using its Comet browser agent to make purchases on Amazon. A federal judge sided with Amazon in an early ruling over AI shopping bots. Why we care. The case targets a core ...

The market for autonomous delivery robots is set to grow 19.2 percent through 2024, fueled by customer demand for cheap, last-mile convenience and investor interest in a hot segment of logistics. Data ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Earlier this year, engineers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc who track rivals' prices online got a rude surprise: the technology they were using to check Amazon.com several million ...

Amazon has shut down its TikTok-esque social shopping feed, Inspire, and will be replacing it with Rufus. By “Rufus,” we mean the AI shopping chatbot, not the naked mole rat from Kim Possible.

One of Amazon’s most audacious Alexa devices—a wheeled robot that acts as a mechanical guard dog for small- and medium-sized businesses—is heading for the recycle bin. Astro for Business, the ...

The Internet of Things might see better conversations between humans and devices, thanks to a new competition, with agency executives saying there is opportunity for brands in this space. Amazon ...