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Market Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 01:16 PM

Amazon ditches Rufus chatbot for Alexa shopping agent

Amazon is discontinuing its Rufus shopping chatbot and consolidating conversational AI efforts into an Alexa agent designed for commerce interactions. The pivot reflects Amazon's recalculation of consumer-facing AI chatbot ROI and a preference for vertically integrated voice commerce over standalone web-based interfaces, aligning retail strategy with legacy Alexa infrastructure.

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