AIReuters2h ago
Doc: Amazon, wary of AI agents favoring sites with better data, plans
Doc: Amazon, wary of AI agents favoring sites with better data, plans to gather data on nearly every product sold anywhere, including by crawling rivals' sites
TL;DRAmazon wants to crawl competitor sites to build a massive product database.
Why it matters: This could entrench Amazon's dominance and raise antitrust concerns about data scraping competitors.
Amazon (AMZN.O) has a secret plan to ensure shoppers never need to leave its site: own the world's product information.
Read full articleSource: Reuters · Opens in new tab