AMAZON FACES ‘LEADER'S DILEMMA' — FIGHT AI SHOPPING BOTS OR JOIN THEM

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Amazon is using its subsidiaries to experiment with shopping agents as it continues to contemplate how to deal with them. While the company may be willing to let agents access its catalog, it likely wants to protect more valuable data, such as reviews, from its competitors. Its homegrown AI tools have improved since they first launched. Amazon is now testing an agent that can purchase products from other sites directly in its e-commerce app.