Amazon drafted a plan to index product data from across the internet
Summary
- Amazon has drafted plans for a project called the 'World Product Graph', a data vault on every product sold on the internet, including items Amazon does not sell.
- The project aims to keep shoppers and AI agents on Amazon and to fix its Alexa for Shopping assistant, previously called Rufus.
- An internal Amazon document reportedly set a 1 October 2027 release date, but it is unclear if or when the plan may be implemented.
- Amazon says the brainstorming document may not reflect its current plans.
Reactions
- Amazon said draft, outdated documents often paint an incomplete picture and that the existence of a brainstorming document does not necessarily reflect its current plans.
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theverge.com· 22h
The Verge reports, citing Reuters, that Amazon has drafted plans for a "World Product Graph," a vault of data on every product sold online, even items it doesn't sell, aimed at keeping shoppers and AI agents on Amazon and fixing its Alexa for Shopping assistant. An internal document reportedly set a 1 October 2027 release date, though Amazon says the brainstorming document may not reflect current plans.
