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Amazon reportedly building global product database to rival Google, Reddit

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Amazon is reportedly developing a comprehensive database called the World Product Graph, aiming to catalog virtually every item available for sale globally. This ambitious project, detailed in an internal document and corroborated by sources, would include products not even sold by Amazon. The goal is to centralize product information, including reviews, potentially reducing reliance on platforms like Google and Reddit for shopping research and enhancing Amazon's AI shopping agent, Alexa for Shopping. AI

IMPACT Could centralize product data, potentially impacting how users research purchases and reducing reliance on other platforms for shopping information.

RANK_REASON This is a report about a potential new product/service from Amazon, not a core AI release or significant industry event.

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Amazon reportedly building global product database to rival Google, Reddit

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Jackson Chen) ·

    Amazon is reportedly working on a database for 'virtually every item for sale on Earth'

    This would include products that the online commerce giant doesn't even sell.

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