Amazon has unveiled Rufus, a new AI-powered shopping assistant, aimed at transforming the online shopping experience for its customers. Rufus, which is currently in beta, is designed to assist users in navigating Amazon’s extensive product catalog and making informed purchasing decisions.
Rufus is trained on Amazon’s vast product database and information sourced from the web, allowing it to provide helpful responses to a variety of customer queries. This includes offering product comparisons, making recommendations based on user input, and aiding in product discovery within Amazon’s familiar shopping interface.
The key functionalities of Rufus span a broad range of shopping assistance:
- General Product Research: Rufus allows customers to conduct thorough product research, such as asking about essential factors to consider when buying items like headphones or exploring clean beauty products.
- Shopping by Occasion or Purpose: The assistant can suggest products tailored to specific activities or events, like recommending items for cold-weather golf or helping with starting an indoor garden.
- Comparing Product Categories: Rufus can assist in comparing different product categories, helping customers make choices between products like lip gloss and lip oil or understanding the differences between drip and pour-over coffee makers.
- Personalized Recommendations: The AI assistant can provide customized suggestions based on user queries, such as ideas for Valentine’s Day gifts or the best toys for a particular age group.
- Specific Product Queries: While viewing a product’s detail page, customers can use Rufus to quickly get answers to specific questions about a product, like its suitability for beginners or care instructions.
To use Rufus, customers in the beta group need to update their Amazon Shopping app. Once updated, they can type or speak their questions into the search bar, and a Rufus chat dialog box will appear, offering answers and allowing for follow-up queries.
Amazon plans to roll out Rufus to more U.S. customers in the coming weeks, starting with a select group of users. This initiative is part of Amazon’s ongoing effort to integrate advanced AI technologies into its shopping platform, aiming to make online shopping more intuitive, informative, and tailored to individual customer needs.
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