Researchers say AI is enabling more grinch bot attacks on popular gifts, buying up sought-after toys, games, and gifts.

Amazon has officially told Perplexity AI to take its shopping bot and kindly exit the world's biggest digital mall. The drama, because of course there's drama, went public on Tuesday after both ...

Over the next couple of years, automated bot shoppers are likely to start replacing human shoppers. And that’s going to force retailers to shift sales tactics to be successful. Autonomous bots acting ...

Tech companies are rushing AI shopping bots to market ahead of the holidays, yet multiple tools recommend identical generic gifts like cozy bathrobes. Amazon has sued Perplexity and blocked outside AI ...

Amazon.com Inc.’s AI-infused Rufus shopping assistant has new features that make it a “faster, more useful, state-of-the-art shopping companion.” Google’s agentic checkout feature “can do the heavy ...

Amazon is demanding that artificial intelligence startup Perplexity put a stop to its bot shopping for people at the e-commerce giant's retail platform, the companies said on Tuesday. The Barron's ...

As the announcement explains, merchants must now decipher whether a bot is trying to place a transaction that actually belongs to a human. This is especially important as Akamai's 2025 Digital Fraud ...