AI Assistants

Apple to Add Virtual Shopping Assistant to App Store

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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Gopuff Adds AI Shopping Assistant That Predicts Next Grocery Order
Gopuff Adds AI Shopping Assistant That Predicts Next Grocery Order
June 04, 2026  |  Retail

Gopuff has added an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “personal shopping genius” called Go to its instant commerce app. Developed in collaboration with SpaceX-owned xAI, Go combines xAI’s frontier...

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Dick’s Offers Athletes Access to an AI-Powered Coach
Dick’s Offers Athletes Access to an AI-Powered Coach
May 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Dick’s Sporting Goods has introduced a conversational artificial intelligence tool for athletes. Coach by Dick’s is designed to “support athletes throughout their journey, whether they...

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Bumble Replaces the Swipe With an AI Matchmaker
Bumble Replaces the Swipe With an AI Matchmaker
May 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Most people who download a dating app delete it within a month. The ones who stay describe spending hours swiping through profiles without finding anyone...

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OpenAI Weighs Lawsuit as Apple AI Partnership Sours
OpenAI Weighs Lawsuit as Apple AI Partnership Sours
May 14, 2026  |  Partnerships

OpenAI is preparing a potential future lawsuit against Apple due to dissatisfaction with the results of the companies’ two-year-old partnership, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources. The artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Uber’s AI Knows the City Before Your Driver Does
Uber’s AI Knows the City Before Your Driver Does
May 11, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Forty million trips a day. Fifteen thousand cities. More than 70 countries. Uber doesn’t run a ride-hailing app so much as a living logistics network,...

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