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A Visa spokesperson said in an email to CNET that the goal for Visa's OpenAI partnership with Visa is to make shopping easier and more efficient while making sure consumers still decide when, where and how their money is spent. "Consumers remain fully in control," the spokesperson said. "AI agents can only initiate purchases within clearly defined, user-set parameters, such as spending limits, approved merchants, or required approvals."  Visa said in a press release that it's planning for other AI-driven tools and features, like an Agent Score rating system for merchants to evaluate whether or

Alexa for Shopping is Amazon's AI-powered shopping assistant, built into the Amazon Shopping app and available on Echo Show devices and via Amazon.com. It can help you discover products, compare prices, track deals and answer shopping-related questions. Ahead of Prime Day, Amazon has introduced several new Alexa for Shopping features aimed at helping you prepare for the sale and navigate deals once the event begins. 

Using its database of products, pricing history and your Amazon shopping history and preferences, Alexa for Shopping aims to be the "world's best, most personalized AI assistant for shopping." It can help you check prices, get deal alerts and build shopping lists, and even order items for you with just your voice.  During a short-lived event like Prime Day where the deals come thick and fast, it could be useful for cutting through some of the noise and help you nab some bargains. Being hands-off when researching and buying products won't appeal to everyone, though. And it might not actually se

Alexa for Shopping is going to be able to get the latest Amazon prices because Alexa is tied in to Amazon. So, theoretically, as soon as a price drops on Amazon, Alexa for Shopping should know about it and be able to take action. However, there's more to shopping online than just seeing the price at Amazon.com: In-cart discounts and extra coupons can complicate matters at Amazon, and there's a vast array of alternate options for the same or similar products across Amazon and all the other major retailers.  Alexa for Shopping is designed to help you more seamlessly buy things on Amazon, so it's