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A new report exposes how AI shopping assistants like Amazon’s Alexa for Shopping and Walmart’s Sparky are misleading consumers about product origins—sometimes promoting items falsely labeled “Made in USA” while hiding conflicting info. Researchers found Amazon’s AI can be inconsistent, favoring foreign-made goods unless you tweak your search just right. Amazon denies the claims, while Walmart and the Center for Law and the Economy remain silent. The findings raise alarms about whether these tools prioritize algorithmic efficiency over transparency, leaving shoppers unsure if they’re making informed choices—or just getting what the AI is programmed to push.

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