Walmart Brings Sparky to ChatGPT as OpenAI Rethinks Instant Checkout

Walmart brings Sparky to ChatGPT as OpenAI rethinks Instant Checkout

OpenAI is pivoting away from handling purchases after its initial efforts failed to provide enough flexibility.

ChatGPT Revamps Shopping Features, Drops In-App Checkout

OpenAI is overhauling the shopping experience in its ChatGPT app by shifting the focus from in-app purchases to product discovery, after the company's Instant Checkout feature apparently failed to gain traction. Launched in September, Instant Checkout let users buy items from retailers like Etsy, Walmart, and Shopify directly within ChatGPT. In a new product post, OpenAI now says it is deprioritizing the feature as a standalone offering, because…

OpenAI adds shopping tools to ChatGPT with visual discovery

OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a visual shopping hub, adding side‑by‑side comparisons and richer merchant data for in-chat product discovery.

OpenAI retreats from Instant Checkout - signalling a major reset in AI commerce - InternetRetailing

OpenAI has confirmed that it is retreating from Instant Checkout, just months after its official launch last October. In a statement accompanying new updates to ChatGPT designed to improve the buying and selling experience, the company said: “We’ve found that the initial version of Instant Checkout did not offer the level of flexibility that we aspire to provide, so we’re allowing merchants to use their own checkout experiences while we focus ou…

OpenAI Enhances Product Discovery With Visual Shopping

OpenAI has added more visual shopping and support for product discovery that it said will enhance the experience of shopping within ChatGPT.

ChatGPT is turning into a shopping platform with product images, prices, and comparisons, but no checkout

ChatGPT is getting visual shopping features that show products with images, prices, and side-by-side comparisons right in the chat. At the same time, OpenAI is dropping its own payment system and handing checkout off to retailers. The article ChatGPT is turning into a shopping platform with product images, prices, and comparisons, but no checkout appeared first on The Decoder.