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Beta testing expected around Prime Day
Papa Johns and The Orchard will begin testing the agentic ad format, timed to coincide with Amazon’s Prime Day sales event (exact date to be confirmed).
Amazon announces Alexa+ Agentic Ads at Cannes Lions
At the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Amazon unveils a new ad format that lets users complete purchases within the ad using natural language conversations powered by the LLM behind Alexa+.
Amazon retires Rufus, rolls capabilities into Alexa+
The standalone Rufus AI shopping assistant is shut down and its features merged into Alexa+, resulting in a unified ‘Alexa for Shopping’ across app, website, and Echo Show.
Amazon’s Alexa+ Agentic Ads, announced at Cannes Lions 2026, leverage an LLM to conduct free-flowing purchase dialogues rather than scripted prompts. The AI was refactored after integrating the sunsetted Rufus shopping assistant in May.
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