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Half of online shoppers want nothing to do with AI checkout October 22

51.0% of US digital shoppers haven't bought products through an AI platform like ChatGPT or Google Gemini and aren't interested in doing so, according to an August survey from Bizrate Insights and EMARKETER.

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