Amazon's Instinct starts pushing sponsored products, revealing how shopping agents monetize
vincent_koc · x · 2026-09-30
A user reports that Amazon's shopping agent Instinct has begun pushing products to them, apparently promoting sponsored items based on purchase history and internet activity — likely its monetization model. The post concludes "more reasons to go open source": hand your data to an agent, and you get targeted ads in return. How in-agent advertising affects recommendation trustworthiness deserves attention.
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