Shopify to launch AI assistant for merchants
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Reuters
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The assistant called “Sidekick” would be embedded as a button on Shopify and answer merchant queries, including details about sales trends, CEO Tobi Lutke illustrated in a video posted on Twitter
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The assistant can also help entrepreneurs update their stores on Shopify. For instance, it can apply discounts on all items on the website, if prompted to do so.
The feature is “coming soon”, the video showed, without specifying the date when it would be rolled out.
