Instacart launches an AI grocery shopping assistant called Clementine
What changed
Instacart is the latest app to bake a conversational AI assistant into its platform. The company announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a new AI-powered grocery shopping assistant called Clementine that can turn a conversation, grocery list, or recipe into a ready-to-buy cart. The launch of the AI assistants indicates that delivery apps no longer just want to be places where people find and buy groceries, but also where they make decisions before a purchase.
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- Instacart launches an AI grocery shopping assistant called Clementine (techcrunch-ai)primary