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OpenAI and Google refine early AI commerce strategies
Tech giants are reworking how shopping works inside AI assistants after early experiments exposed gaps in reliability and user behavior. OpenAI is pulling back from native checkout to focus on product discovery and routing transactions through merchant apps, many of which are powered by platforms like Shopify, while Google is upgrading its system with real-time data, multi-item carts, and loyalty integrations. The shift suggests AI will act more as a high-intent discovery layer rather than the final point of sale, at least for now.
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