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Uber Eats launches AI assistant to help with grocery cart creation

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What Happened

Uber Eats launched a new AI feature, “Cart Assistant,” that can automatically add items to your cart based on text or image prompts.

Our Take

Gut reaction: This is Claude/GPT wrapped in a UI. Boring tech, real money. Probably nets 2-3% conversion lift. Non-event for AI news. Normal Tuesday in production.

But here's what actually matters: this is what AI looks like in production right now. Not debates about AGI, not hype cycles. Just friction reduction that moves revenue numbers.

Build features like this. Skip the "AI strategy" blog posts. Ship incremental wins that make money.

What To Do

Build AI features that solve real friction, not flashy demos—the money's in boring friction reduction.

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