My AI shopping assistants are stuck in the past

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Author: Stevie Bonifield

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All I wanted was a new smartwatch. I had a couple in mind, like the Google Pixel Watch 4 or the Garmin Vivoactive 6, but my AI shopping buddies seemed really convinced watches from a couple years ago were the way to go.

Over the past month, OpenAI, Google, Perplexity, and Microsoft have all introduced new shopping features on their AI platforms, right in time for the holiday shopping season. ChatGPT can generate a personalized buying guide for you. Copilot will help you track prices. Gemini will even call local stores for you.

After asking four different AI bots to help me find a new watch, I'm more impressed than I expected, but also pr …

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