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  Google Launches UCP Protocol Designed to Enable Direct Purchases Within Google Search

  Google has launched the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). This open system will soon power a new checkout feature on eligible Google product listings in AI Mode in Search and the Gemini app. This will allow shoppers to check out from eligible US retailers right as they’re researching on Google. Google built the UCP with companies like Shopify, E...

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  Google Teams Up With Walmart To Enable Online Shopping With Gemini AI

  Google said Sunday that it is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.

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  Microsoft’s Copilot Checkout Will Let Users Search, Purchase Products Without Leaving the Chat Window

  Microsoft, on Thursday, introduced Copilot Checkout, a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered shopping experience for its chatbot that allows users to make purchases right from the chat window. With this release, the Redmond-based tech giant has joined OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity in the rising trend of AI shopping tools. While the tech giant i...

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  OpenAI Hires New Head of App Platform to Turn ChatGPT Into an Operating System

  OpenAI wants to push ChatGPT beyond an app and turn it into a full operating system. The company’s new Head of App Platform, Glen Coates, has confirmed this direction, pointing to ChatGPT’s growing role as an interface that connects apps, agents and services. With hardware plans already in motion, OpenAI appears to be laying the groundwork for ...

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  ChatGPT Now Lets Users Shop Without Leaving the Chat Window With New Instant Checkout Feature

  OpenAI has introduced agentic shopping capability to ChatGPT with the new Instant Checkout feature. Presently, it is available to all ChatGPT users in the US, whether they are ChatGPT Plus, Pro, or free users. Initially, people will be able to use the Instant Checkout feature for products listed by Etsy sellers. Soon, the company would also allow u...

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  ''A Hero Of Mine'': Ex-Google CEO Reacts To Sam Altman's Ouster From OpenAI

  Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt called Sam Altman ''his hero'', and praised him for building the company from nothing to $90 billion in value.

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  Shopify Shames Employees With Cost Calculator for Pointless Meetings

  The Canadian e-commerce company has rolled out a calculator embedded in employees' calendar app that estimates the cost of any meeting with three or more people.

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  OpenAI Launches Plugin Support for ChatGPT, AI Chatbot Gets Access to Live Data for the First Time

  Microsoft-backed OpenAI has announced the introduction of support for plugins for ChatGPT. The company has released 11 third party plugins that include ones developed by Expedia, FiscalNote, Instacart, KAYAK, Klarna, Milo, OpenTable, Shopify, Slack, Speak, Wolfram, and Zapier. ChatGPT has also introduced two plugins of its own, a web browser, and c...

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  Amazon 'Buy With Prime' to Roll Out to US Merchants on January 31 to Compete With Shopify Pay

  Amazon has announced that it will roll out its 'Buy With Prime' button to allow merchants to sell products using its payment and delivery services outside it's shopping platform. The invite-only launch that was made available in April last year will be widely available to merchants in the US by January 31, according to the e-commerce firm.

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  This Company Tells Its Staff To Say No To Meetings

  Shopify Inc. spent last year cutting costs. Now, it's cutting meetings.