AMAZON JUST WALK OUT:Ever since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, the AI scene has exploded. We’ve seen dozens of startups cash in on the gold rush and big tech has been slapping AI onto everything they do. One of these recent innovations was just walk-out technology from Amazon. The idea was simple. You can walk into any Amazon grocery store you want, pick up the items you need, and just walk out. AI was supposed to do all the work of keeping track of which items you picked up, how much your
They had so many great innovations over the years, the problem is they kill them off because they somehow can’t figure out how to monetize stuff that people want. It’s like if they can’t get the money from a third party, they’re out of ideas. I would have paid a monthly fee for Google Reader (not much, mind you, but I bet $1/month would have been enough to keep it running). I am now paying for Kagi because I prefer to be the customer and not the product.