News Burst: Shopping bots, intelligent at last
News DealPilot, as the company is now known, will launch its DealPilot Express service, a browser plug-in that lets users check competing prices -- complete with shipping, taxes and any duties -- at the click of a button.
[November 1, 1999, 7:37]
New generation of shopping 'bots swarms in
News Shopping "bots" and recommendation engines may be a boon to online bargain shoppers, but they can be a bane to merchants fighting eroding profit margins. Separately, Active Research will unveil the second version of its Active Buyers Guide along...
[August 16, 1999, 13:27]
Bots snarl sites as shoppers seek PlayStation 2
News So-called shopping bots, programs that repeatedly log on to Web sites to help people search for prices or products, have contributed to some recently stalled or crashed Web stores. While Amazon has said its troubles are unrelated to heavy traffic...
[December 8, 2000, 11:54]
New bots a shopper's best friend
News DealPilot and Dash.com both launched browser-based shopping "bots" last week, and iChoose is developing a plug-in that will go live later this month. Shopping bots were one of the first ideas, and now we have things like iChoose, which are more...
[November 12, 1999, 9:48]
AI gets down to business
News Present software such as the "mobile agents" of Netherlands-based Tryllian could be the forerunner of intelligent bots making purchases and carrying out other business transactions without human intervention.
[January 23, 2001, 14:20]
Robot meets robot in 'Darpa city' race
News Here, the bots had to figure out which car had the right of way before making right or left turns. Team Oshkosh, a more-than-24,000lb Oshkosh truck, nearly ran into an old shopping centre at the former George Air Force Base, after it had run over a...
[November 6, 2007, 10:51]
