eBay boosts AI capabilities

It updated its homepage to add personalized recommendations for each user.The webpage update is part of a larger site overhaul, called its "structured data" initiative, which involves standardizing data related to product display. This has allowed eBay to run AI algorithms more easily, helping it improve product search and recommendations. Last month, it debuted Group Listings, which organizes search results by product item, rather than displaying each seller's product listing. For example, if a shopper searches for Lego Xbox 360 games, the results will be grouped by game, with a hyperlink displaying the number of sellers offering each game. Once clicked, the hyperlink will show consumers all the listings for a particular game.