Meta Tests AI Shopping Research Tool to Rival ChatGPT
The feature, which is being tested in Meta’s AI chatbot, rivals a similar tool offered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.

Zalando’s VP of content solutions, Matthias Haase, CEO of Chief Digital Agency Jenna Flateman Posner, retail tech expert Jessica Couch and BoF’s Annabel Bolton unpacked the future of the next-generation technology’s role in elevating online content.

Zalando’s VP of content solutions, Matthias Haase, CEO of Chief Digital Agency Jenna Flateman Posner, retail tech expert Jessica Couch and BoF’s Annabel Bolton unpacked the future of the next-generation technology’s role in elevating online content.

Startups are starting to use AI for everything from retail planning to inventory management, while mostly keeping the technology away from the creative parts of their business.

Startups are starting to use AI for everything from retail planning to inventory management, while mostly keeping the technology away from the creative parts of their business.

Even as AI marketing grabs headlines, agents powered by the technology are transforming fashion's back-office jobs at a moment when corporations are laying off staff to be leaner and more efficient.

Even as AI marketing grabs headlines, agents powered by the technology are transforming fashion's back-office jobs at a moment when corporations are laying off staff to be leaner and more efficient.

AI shopping agents promise to learn our tastes, style outfits and even check out on our behalf. The Debrief asks Malique Morris what it takes for these tools to move from hype to habit.

AI shopping agents promise to learn our tastes, style outfits and even check out on our behalf. The Debrief asks Malique Morris what it takes for these tools to move from hype to habit.

Our new AI-powered tool, BoF Insights Brand Pulse, evaluates fashion brand performance across five dimensions — Discoverability, Identity, Value, Connection and Love — combining digital signals and consumer conversations to measure brand performance in an easy-to-use dashboard.

Our new AI-powered tool, BoF Insights Brand Pulse, evaluates fashion brand performance across five dimensions — Discoverability, Identity, Value, Connection and Love — combining digital signals and consumer conversations to measure brand performance in an easy-to-use dashboard.

Shoppers arriving at e-commerce sites from ChatGPT are less likely to buy than those coming through other channels, but the gap is closing.

Shoppers arriving at e-commerce sites from ChatGPT are less likely to buy than those coming through other channels, but the gap is closing.

The intimates brand said it’s sticking to real people, breaking from the growing number of brands using AI for content, while OpenAI’s new checkout within ChatGPT and its Sora 2 video app are set to have implications for fashion businesses.

The intimates brand said it’s sticking to real people, breaking from the growing number of brands using AI for content, while OpenAI’s new checkout within ChatGPT and its Sora 2 video app are set to have implications for fashion businesses.

At The Business of Fashion’s roundtable in Milan, executive members and the editorial team explored how fashion businesses are approaching the rapidly evolving, often mysterious and sometimes controversial topic of generative AI.

At The Business of Fashion’s roundtable in Milan, executive members and the editorial team explored how fashion businesses are approaching the rapidly evolving, often mysterious and sometimes controversial topic of generative AI.

Benoît Pagotto, who co-founded the virtual fashion platform RTFKT that Nike acquired in 2021 and shuttered last year, passed away earlier this month, friends and associates confirmed.

Benoît Pagotto, who co-founded the virtual fashion platform RTFKT that Nike acquired in 2021 and shuttered last year, passed away earlier this month, friends and associates confirmed.

BoF highlights 17 AI-powered startups that have raised more than $400 million in the last five years by offering design, operation and shopping services that promise to help brands and retailers reduce costs and increase innovation.

BoF highlights 17 AI-powered startups that have raised more than $400 million in the last five years by offering design, operation and shopping services that promise to help brands and retailers reduce costs and increase innovation.

A new class of AI-powered shopping platforms is launching agents that can shop on consumers’ behalf. But they'll have to compete with big tech players in the race to get the average consumer to use the technology.

A new class of AI-powered shopping platforms is launching agents that can shop on consumers’ behalf. But they'll have to compete with big tech players in the race to get the average consumer to use the technology.

CaaStle pulled off one of the biggest financial heists in recent tech history, according to the SEC and DOJ. The company’s embattled CEO says there’s more to the story.

CaaStle pulled off one of the biggest financial heists in recent tech history, according to the SEC and DOJ. The company’s embattled CEO says there’s more to the story.
The feature, which is being tested in Meta’s AI chatbot, rivals a similar tool offered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.
The resale pricing app is the latest fashion-tech startup to bolster its finances as investor demand holds firm.
The European Union has warned TikTok that it must redesign its platform to address addictive features or face substantial fines.
The round values the Phoebe Gates-co-founded price-comparison platform at $185 million.
The long-awaited deal to transfer parts of TikTok’s US operations to American investors secures the app’s future and avoids a nationwide ban.
The Chinese e-commerce giant plans to link its flagship online shopping and travel services to its AI app in a bid to build a one-stop AI platform for consumers.
The companies are discussing potentially doubling production capacity for their AI-powered smart glasses as demand surges for the Ray-Ban Meta frames.
The British sportswear retailer is enabling ‘one-click purchases’ through AI platforms such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, beginning in the US.