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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 (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
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- Amazon plans to build a database called the "World Product Graph" covering products sold anywhere online, including products it does not sell.
- According to Reuters, the project would be made available through Amazon's own site.
- The plan reportedly includes crawling rivals' sites to gather product data.
Why it matters
If Amazon indexes product data across the web, it could shape which sellers and products are visible to AI shopping agents and search, affecting merchants and developers who rely on product data feeds.
Who’s affected
- Online retailers and marketplaces
- Developers building AI shopping agents or product search
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Greg Bensinger / Reuters : 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 — Amazon (AMZN.O) has a secret plan to ensure shoppers never need to leave its site…
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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 (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)