Google turned up the heat in the AI shopping wars this weekend, announcing plans to turn Gemini into a merchant and launching an open-source standard built together with major retailers including Shopify,

Google is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.

One feature Gmail's launching is AI Overviews, which summarize information in your inbox, apparently building on the already-launched autogenerated email summaries. AI Overview can also be able to answer questions about what's in your inbox, but this feature will only be available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

Google launched a retail-focused Gemini AI suite enabling users to shop and access customer service within its app, partnering with brands like Walmart and Papa John’s to personalise searches.

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Along with privacy issues that arise from Gemini storing your chats, the AI chatbot can also hallucinate and give wrong answers while also overcorrecting bias.