Microsoft has launched Copilot Checkout, a new feature that allows U.S. users to complete entire purchases directly within the AI assistant, without leaving the chat window. From product search to payment, the entire process occurs within the conversation, while merchants retain full control over transactions.
Payments are integrated with PayPal, Shopify, and Stripe, and at launch include brands such as Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Etsy, and numerous Shopify stores. Microsoft reports that users are twice as likely to purchase via Copilot compared to traditional search, with 53% more purchases occurring in the first 30 minutes of a session.
At the same time, the company introduced new AI agents for retail, designed for operations, product management, branding, and personalized shopping experiences. This demonstrates how online shopping is increasingly moving from websites and apps directly into AI conversations.
In Brief: Tech World Highlights
- OpenAI researcher Jerry Tworek revealed he is leaving the company after seven years, during which he contributed to early programming systems and led the AI reasoning team.
- Boris Cherny, creator of the Claude Code tool, published a guide on using this agent-based coding tool, including running up to 15 parallel sessions simultaneously.
- OpenAI Chief Product Officer Fidji Simo outlined the 2026 product roadmap in a new blog, aiming to transform ChatGPT into a proactive “personal super-assistant.”
- Abu Dhabi’s TII released Falcon H1R 7B, a small hybrid reasoning model that outperforms competitors up to seven times its size in math and programming, with double the inference speed.
- Microsoft rebranded its Office 365 productivity suite as the “Microsoft 365 Copilot app,” using the same name as its AI assistant.
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