Arm’s Length AI
An article for humans and a live, working toolkit for agents, to help both explore fashion's hesitant relationship with AI together, and to test themselves against it.
Live Shopping, MCP Intelligence, AI Sustainability And Lending Risks, And Mum Fragrances In Fortnite
This week on The Edit: five fresh headline stories from across fashion and technology receive the quickfire analysis treatment.
Is Fashion Missing The Post-Interface Market Opportunity?
Platforms providing access to raw data, or to a cut-down set of capabilities, through AI apps like ChatGPT are approaching MCP connectors as a way to add value for existing users. But the industry could be taking a very limited lens on a much larger addressable market.
Shopping, Sizing, Social, AI Strategy, And Domestic Shoe Manufacturing
This week on The Edit: five fresh headline stories from across fashion and technology receive the quickfire analysis treatment.
New Permissions And Growth Statistics Support A Vision For Agentic Shopping
A legal fight over agentic browsers reached a new phase this week, but that case is likely to be a red herring in a much deeper push towards AI-influenced commerce.
What Business Spend Data Really Says About AI Adoption
Fifty-five per cent of American businesses now pay for AI. But what are companies actually buying, and who are they buying it from?
AI Meets 3D Printing, Composable eCommerce, SHEIN’s Valuation, And AI Shopping As A Service
This week on The Edit: five fresh headline stories from across fashion and technology receive the quickfire analysis treatment.
Fair Use Is Making Online Content Fair Game. Does Fashion Care?
Content creators across publishing, music, photography and more have been waiting for determinations on AI training as fair use. Current indications are not in their favour. What should fashion’s calculus look like?
The Uncertain Phase-Out Of Fossil Fuels
In the fight against climate change, copious conversations, uncertain conclusions, and differing pathways to reducing carbon emissions could be creating a cloud around the biggest-ticket issue: ending dependency on fossil fuels.