AI Assistants

Lowe’s AI Assistant Turns Questions Into Sales
Lowe’s AI Assistant Turns Questions Into Sales
August 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Lowe’s AI shopping assistant, Mylow, has fielded more than 25 million questions from customers and store associates since launch, and shoppers who engage with it...

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Instinct Nears $2.5 Billion Valuation as AI Assistants Take Over Daily Chores
Instinct Nears $2.5 Billion Valuation as AI Assistants Take Over Daily Chores
August 26, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Instinct, the developer of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant that seems to be gaining traction among early adopters, is raising a $250 million Series B...

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Meta’s Consumer-Focused AI Agent Could Be Weeks From Launch
Meta’s Consumer-Focused AI Agent Could Be Weeks From Launch
August 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta is reportedly ready to unveil its consumer-focused AI agent designed to rival OpenClaw. The tech giant’s new offering, known in-house as “Hatch,” could debut...

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Pinterest’s AI Push Pays Off in Record Users and Revenue
Pinterest’s AI Push Pays Off in Record Users and Revenue
August 04, 2026  |  Earnings

Pinterest set out to reinvent itself as an artificial intelligence-driven shopping destination, and its second quarter results suggest the strategy is working. Revenue topped $1...

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Chow Tai Fook Arms 24,000 Workers With AI
Chow Tai Fook Arms 24,000 Workers With AI
July 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Jewelry retailer Chow Tai Fook has deployed more than 400 artificial intelligence agents to support more than 24,000 employees, and none of them talk to...

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Meta Wants AI to Become Every Employee’s Coworker
Meta Wants AI to Become Every Employee’s Coworker
July 27, 2026  |  Facebook / Meta

Meta is trying every angle it has to make its artificial intelligence (AI) bet pay off. It has spent more than $100 billion building the...

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Apple to Add Virtual Shopping Assistant to App Store
Apple to Add Virtual Shopping Assistant to App Store
July 23, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple appears to be preparing a virtual shopping assistant for its App Store. Although no official announcement has been made, a report Wednesday (July 22)...

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Michaels Debuts Google-Powered AI Shopping Assistant
Michaels Debuts Google-Powered AI Shopping Assistant
July 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Arts and crafts retailer Michaels has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered shopping assistant dubbed “Ask Mike.” Ask Mike was built with Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise...

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Sam Altman to Brief White House on OpenAI Models’ Impact on Work
Sam Altman to Brief White House on OpenAI Models’ Impact on Work
July 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman plans to meet with White House officials and U.S. lawmakers next week to brief them on the company’s upcoming models and how they affect...

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