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'Is this hell?' Amazon's new AI podcast feature for products leaves internet disoriented

The internet was in disbelief on Wednesday after Amazon unveiled a new AI "podcast" feature for products.

The dystopian new experience for customers launched this week and allows customers "to ask AI hosts questions via text or voice while listening to an audio summary of a product," Amazon announced in a news release.

Business Insider correspondent Katie Notopoulos described the new chat experience, sharing an example where the AI "hosts" discussed a diaper rash cream in great detail, describing the items and ingredients, just like a call-in shopping show. ...

Apr 29, 2026

Some U.S. shoppers fearful as organized retail theft rises

New York (AFP) - Ann McGee, a New Yorker from the borough of Queens, doesn't like the recent sensation she has when entering stores: fear. "It's not normal to be scared" when shopping, McGee told AFP. She's behind a recent petition denouncing the insecurity caused by rising retail theft -- sometimes by thieves operating in groups and threatening anyone near them with violence -- in her neighborhood. US retailers across the country have reported a sharp rise in theft in the last few months, alongside a worrying increase in violence. "You cannot accept the fact that these people can go into s......

Sep 03, 2023

Amazon Prime Day Scams Are the Worst In a Large Southern State

By Tony Owusu Amazon Prime Day should be a time of celebration for those who participate in what some online shoppers refer to as 'Christmas in July.' The online bargains bring hundreds of millions of people globally to Amazon's website in order to look for heavy discounts on all type of stuff they need (and a lot of stuff they don't). DON'T MISS: The Best Amazon Prime Deals But such a large gathering of shoppers -- total U.S. spending on Prime Day reached $11.9 billion in 2022, according to Adobe, an 8.5% year over year increase -- is bound to attract bad actors looking to make an easy dollar......

Jul 11, 2023

Rare Beatles collectibles being auctioned from Julian Lennon’s collection

Beatles for sale. A live and internet auction is underway, featuring items that once belonged to John Lennon and were left to his eldest son, Julian Lennon. Those pieces of pop culture history include a cape worn by the former Beatle in the film “Help!,” a coat Lennon wore in “Magical Mystery Tour” and a trio of guitars plucked by the “Starting Over” singer. The “Lennon Connection: The NFT Collection” auction, being curated by Julien’s Auction House, also includes Paul McCartney’s handwritten notes for the 1968 song “Hey Jude.” That tune was inspired by the tribulations of Julian Lennon, whose......

Jan 26, 2022

Hannity on FLOTUS' Target shopping: 'We're being manipulated'

Leave it to Sean Hannity to find something controversial about Michelle Obama shopping at Target.

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Some U.S. shoppers fearful as organized retail theft rises

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'Is this hell?' Amazon's new AI podcast feature for products leaves internet disoriented

Some U.S. shoppers fearful as organized retail theft rises

Amazon Prime Day Scams Are the Worst In a Large Southern State

Rare Beatles collectibles being auctioned from Julian Lennon’s collection

Hannity on FLOTUS' Target shopping: 'We're being manipulated'

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