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Oscar Hornstein @ UK Tech News 1 place · today 11:00 EDT

JD Sports to allow shopping directly from AI chatbots

UK-based sportswear group JD Sports has become one of the first major brands to allow purchases to be made directly from popular AI chatbots. The service, which will be initially only available in the US, will allow customers to search for and purchase its products from Copilot, Gemini and ChatGPT. JD Sports has partnered with ...

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