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Alibaba to Launch AI-Powered Search Engine for E-Commerce Merchants

Alibaba plans to launch an AI-powered search engine in September that helps merchants source goods online, the Chinese e-commerce giant said on Wednesday. Using conversational AI, the search engine will be available for all e-commerce merchants, regardless of whether they sell on Alibaba’s platforms or not. The tool aims to spare merchants the trouble of searching and sifting through webpages