Tue. 04/29 – OpenAI Shopping?

Is Amazon about to start showing tariff prices in listings? Armageddon has finally come for Temu and Shein. Is OpenAI getting into the shopping game because their web search usage is exploding? And Project Kuiper finally gets off the ground in a literal and meaningful way.

Links:

• 042925 (PunchBowl News AM)
• Kickstarter Introduces ‘Tariff Manager Tool’ to Add Charges to Already Fully Funded Projects (404 Media)
• Temu adds ‘import charges’ of about 145% after Trump tariffs, more than doubling price of many items (CNBC)
• Congress passes bill to fight deepfake nudes, revenge porn (Washington Post)
• Alibaba unveils Qwen3, a family of ‘hybrid’ AI reasoning models (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI Adds Shopping to ChatGPT in a Challenge to Google (Wired)
• Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI (The Verge)
• Amazon launches first Kuiper internet satellites, taking on Starlink (Reuters)

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