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What’s new? Amazon launched Alexa for Shopping, a new AI shopping assistant that combines Alexa+ and Rufus inside the Amazon app, website, and Echo Show devices.

Want the details? Alexa for Shopping uses Amazon’s product knowledge, information from across the web, and your own shopping history, preferences, and past conversations to help you shop more easily. You can ask questions directly in Amazon’s search bar, compare products side by side, view AI summaries on search results and product pages, and check up to a year of price history. It can also set price alerts, suggest gifts, help build your cart, reorder everyday items, and even automate some shopping tasks based on rules you choose. Amazon says it can also help people shop from other online stores.

Why is this significant? This pushes online shopping beyond simple search and turns it into a more personal, ongoing assistant. Instead of starting from scratch each time, shoppers can get faster help, better recommendations, and more convenient ways to save time and money.

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What’s up? Meta is launching Incognito Chat for Meta AI on WhatsApp and in the Meta AI app, giving people a new way to talk with AI in a private, temporary conversation.

How does this work? Incognito Chat is built on WhatsApp’s Private Processing technology. The idea is that your messages are handled in a secure environment that even Meta says it cannot read. These chats are also temporary, so they are not saved, and messages disappear by default. This is meant for questions people may not want attached to their account or chat history, such as health concerns, money questions, or career advice. Meta also says it plans to add a related feature called Side Chat, which will let people get private AI help inside WhatsApp conversations without interrupting the main chat.

Why should you care? Many people now use AI for personal or sensitive questions, but privacy has remained a major concern. If this works as promised, it could make people more comfortable using AI for real-life decisions and private situations.

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