{"id":216203,"date":"2026-02-22T05:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/artificial-intelligence-goes-shopping\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T05:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T10:45:08","slug":"artificial-intelligence-goes-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/artificial-intelligence-goes-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence goes shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/podcasts\/what-next-tbd\/2026\/02\/artificial-intelligence-goes-shopping\">Artificial Intelligence goes shopping<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/podcasts\/what-next-tbd\/2026\/02\/artificial-intelligence-goes-shopping\">https:\/\/slate.com\/podcasts\/what-next-tbd\/2026\/02\/artificial-intelligence-goes-shopping<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-22 05:20:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"slate.com\">slate.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"podcast-how-to-listen__title\">Listen &#038; Subscribe<\/h3>\n<p class=\"podcast-how-to-listen__directions\">Choose your preferred player:<\/p>\n<p class=\"podcast-faq__text\">For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"podcast-how-to-listen__title\" id=\"slate-plus-title\">Get Your Slate Plus Podcast<\/h3>\n<p class=\"slate-notification--error podcast-how-to-listen__notification js-feed-access-error\" hidden=\"\">If you can&#8217;t access your feeds, please contact customer support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-notification--success podcast-how-to-listen__notification js-success\" hidden=\"\">Thanks! 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If you still have questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus Feed,  check our FAQ.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-graf slate-notification--error podcast-how-to-listen__user-info-loading-error\">We&#8217;re sorry, but something went wrong while fetching your podcast feeds. Please contact us at plus@slate.com for help.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"podcast-episode__heading\">Episode Notes<\/h3>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"27\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmlv2qi0w000t90m2ph4gdmmn@published\">You might not think you need artificial intelligence added to your shopping experience. Store employees might not see the point either. 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