In a move set to disrupt the home improvement industry, GreatBuildz—a leading homeowner-contractor matching service—has launched BidCompareAI. This free and publicly available AI-powered tool is designed to help homeowners make sense of contractor bids—one of the most confusing and error-prone aspects of home renovation projects.
For decades, car buying has ranked among the most frustrating consumer experiences. Pricing is opaque, dealerships typically employ aggressive sales tactics, and buyers and sellers find the process to be riddled with inefficiencies. The system, built around outdated incentives and misaligned priorities, has long been in need of a shakeup. And now, as artificial intelligence transforms industries across the board, one small business startup is boldly leading the charge to bring trust, transparency, and fairness back to auto retail.
The way performance reviews have been handled for years is broken. Managers can spend countless hours preparing ones that feel biased, outdated and disconnected from performance. Meanwhile, employees typically dread the annual ritual of subjective evaluations that may not reflect their real contributions. With artificial intelligence (AI) promising to automate routine work, eliminate bias and deliver data-driven insights, it may be tempting to let it handle your performance review tasks.
However, there's more to consider. Before you hand over this critical HR function to algorithms, there are crucial benefits, risks, and implementation strategies business and IT leaders need to understand.
If you’ve made a recent search in Google, you’ve likely noticed some changes in its interface. In the past, you’d simply be given a long list of websites that closely match the relevancy of your search. However, now Google has introduced AI Overviews that provide summarized results based on how you asked your question.
While this updated interface can be incredibly helpful as a user, as a business, you may have mixed feelings, and for good reason. The reality of AI-powered search is that it presents new challenges when attempting to drive more organic traffic to your website.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the business landscape. Developments in these technologies have improved efficiency, streamlined tasks, and enhanced decision-making by optimizing processes, increasing productivity and delivering accurate insights. However, as beneficial as it has been, researchers and corporations are concerned about the technology’s carbon footprint.
Business professionals are familiar with greenwashing and social washing as ways corporations manipulate customers — whether intentionally or not — with misleading information. Since the advent of widespread artificial intelligence (AI), AI washing has become a trend. Uncover what this entails and how entities can avoid it to maintain customer loyalty.
Analytics systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could reshape the e-commerce sector’s traditional inventory management model, streamlining the order life cycle and preventing stockouts. Business leaders can raise their odds of success if they understand which applications are most impactful and how to navigate integration.
Major e-commerce platforms are experimenting with AI, creating novel opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses that cannot dedicate the time or funds to building an intelligent system from the ground up.
Global trade is complex. Even if you do not ship internationally, you likely rely on foreign suppliers, so events that happen halfway around the world can trickle down to you. What are you supposed to do when disruptions can happen anytime, anywhere? The answer is artificial intelligence. This technology can help you identify gaps, predict changes and find solutions.
AI Supercharging U.S. E-Commerce Counterfeit Crisis
An explosive new report, "The Counterfeit Buyer Teardown," paints a concerning picture of a rapidly evolving and increasingly sophisticated counterfeit goods market, driven by a new factor: Artificial Intelligence. Forget the back alleys; findings from the research—conducted by market research firm OnePoll and AI company Red Points in February 2025—highlight that the future of fakes is digital, AI-assisted, and alarmingly mainstream.
A new study has revealed a growing concern in the digital marketplace: artificial intelligence is playing a major role in the rise of counterfeit shopping. The findings are detailed in a comprehensive new report, titled The Counterfeit Buyer Teardown—the largest ever conducted on U.S. counterfeit e-commerce. Among other alarming conclusions, it highlights how AI is accelerating both accidental and intentional purchases of fake goods online.
