DoorDash launches driverless delivery service in Phoenix using Waymo's autonomous Jaguar SUVs, requiring customers to walk to the curb and unlock vehicle trunks via app to retrieve orders from DashMart stores as the company pushes automation to cut labor costs.
Honor unveils AI-powered shopping tools on its Magic8 smartphone that automatically find deals and coupons across major Chinese e-commerce platforms, as the company aims to surpass Apple and capture a top-three market position in China by year-end.
Google Shopping expands its AI try-on tool to include shoes, letting users upload full-length photos to virtually test heels and sneakers, while rolling out to Australia, Canada, and Japan after proving wildly popular with U.S. shoppers who share try-on images significantly more than standard product listings.
Meta launches Business AI assistant that delivers personalized shopping recommendations and faster checkout through chat on Facebook and Instagram, expanding to WhatsApp and Messenger while partnering with major CRM platforms to diversify beyond advertising revenue.
Google launches revolutionary AI-powered visual search that lets users ask conversational questions about products and receive rich visual results, backed by a massive database of over 50 billion product listings from retailers worldwide.
Google unveils AI-powered conversational image search that lets shoppers describe products in natural language like 'barrel jeans that aren't too baggy' and upload reference photos to find similar items, rolling out to US users this week with Gemini 2.5's advanced visual recognition technology.
Manufacturing companies race toward 20% production cost cuts as 80% of businesses worldwide plan intelligent automation adoption by 2025, with retail leading the charge while healthcare focuses on automating patient data processing.
AI-powered consumer products experience meteoric hypergrowth, reaching millions of users and $100M ARR within 2 years, driven by usage-based pricing, consumer expensing at work, sophisticated pricing tiers, consumer-to-enterprise bridges, and early enterprise sales investments.
Major retailers like Tesco, Siemens, and AT&T sue VMware over Broadcom's controversial licensing changes, which they claim breach existing contracts and risk supply chain disruptions, escalating tensions and legal battles.
In a groundbreaking move, OpenAI and Walmart unveil a massive AI upskilling initiative, offering a free online platform to train millions of workers in AI skills, with Walmart providing hands-on experience with AI tools to its associates.