The new ShopBot will be available on Facebook Messenger starting Tuesday to help folks find electronics, clothes or sporting goods. Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, ...

Bots are one of the big buzzwords of 2016; Google, Microsoft and Facebook have all made them major parts of their strategy this year. Yes, they might not all be panning out quite as planned, but that ...

eBay and Google this week demonstrated a new digital concierge service for Google Home called ShopBot, which is capable of telling users how much various items in their possession may be worth. The ...

Online giant eBay is trialling its artificial intelligence-powered ShopBot on Facebook Messenger to give shoppers personal suggestions. The ShopBot, described as a “smart personal shopping assistant” ...

The move for AI-enabled personal shopping assistants is heating up, with eBay the latest to join the chatbot movement. Debuting on Facebook Messenger in beta at this stage, the ShopBot, as it’s called ...

Ebay's shopping assistant called ShopBot can remember details such as clothing sizes to make future shopping easier. Photo: Reuters Seattle: EBay Inc. is testing a personalized shopping assistant ...