Instinct launches Instinct Selections product recommendations, drawing complaints from some users
Instinct’s new product recommendations are giving some users the ick
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AI agent Instinct launched Instinct Selections, offering locally curated restaurant, travel, and shopping recommendations from chefs, designers, architects, travel guides, and others. Several users on X complained about unsolicited product suggestions; one called it 'a terrible Amazon recommendation app overnight'. Shortly before the launch, Instinct closed a $1 billion Series C at a $10 billion valuation.
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