Subj : ChatGPT's new shopping tool is the AI personal shopper I've alway To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Tue Nov 25 2025 11:45:08 ChatGPT's new shopping tool is the AI personal shopper I've always wanted - but for now, humans are still better at finding Black Friday deals Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:32:51 +0000 Description: I tried ChatGPT's new shopping tool to see if it's worth using this Black Friday. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Its the end of November, and that means its time to scour the internet for the best Black Friday deals . Luckily, if youre reading this, you probably know TechRadar is one of the best places online to find a discount, especially considering we have journalists all over the world looking for the best ways to save you money. However, as TechRadars AI Senior Writer, I spend a lot of my time testing the newest innovations in the world of artificial intelligence, and this week, OpenAI launched a new upgrade to ChatGPT just in time for the biggest shopping event of the year. ChatGPT shopping research is a new tool that uses AI to take out the work of doing your own deal hunting, and I decided to try it out to see just how well it compares to a human-curated buying guide. Hey ChatGPT, find me the best AirPods deals (Image credit: Future) Yesterday, I wrote about the best AirPods Black Friday deals currently available, so I had AirPods Pro 2 discounts on my mind this morning when I went to test out ChatGPT shopping research. I decided to enable shopping research (simply click the + button in ChatGPT to select it) and ask a fairly vague, yet easily solvable shopping prompt: AirPods Black Friday deals. ChatGPT started to think, and then asked me a few questions based on my needs, such as what my price range was and which models I was interested in. Then, the AI showed me multiple products in a card-style UI where I could say if I was interested, and if not, why I wasnt. Within two minutes, ChatGPT's shopping research provided me with a full shopping guide for AirPods and included the two main discounted deals in the UK at the time of writing. It was pretty impressive, I cant lie. But I needed to test out the shopping feature further to get a good understanding of its capabilities. How about something more vague (Image credit: Future) Often, when youre looking for a Black Friday deal, you look for guidance on what the best product and the best discount are. So to test this, I decided to ask ChatGPT shopping research to Find me a good Black Friday deal on an air fryer for the kitchen. Could ChatGPT compete with the excellent information I could find in TechRadars best Black Friday air fryer deals ? I decided to point ChatGPT in the direction of a dual-chamber air fryer, preferably made by Ninja, because I could see that there were plenty of deals on these already available in the sales. This time, ChatGPT shopping research took seven minutes to recommend me a product, and while it found one of the best deals you can find at the moment in the UK, it only gave me two options despite there being loads to choose from on the human-curated TechRadar article. The experience using ChatGPT shopping research was pretty pleasant; in fact, I quite enjoyed leaving AI to its own devices while I went about my workday. That said, I cant properly recommend this new AI tool yet, and its for the exact same reason that I dont think anyone can truly complete tasks using the other research offerings on the market. I'll explain why next. 99% isnt good enough (Image credit: OpenAI) When you look at TechRadar for a deal this Black Friday, you can be sure that the price has been verified and that the author has done their due diligence to be certain that you wont find a better price. With ChatGPT research tools, whether thats this particular shopping one or deep research, you can never be 100% certain that it isnt hallucinating in some form along its thought process. And, considering it can make things up, misunderstand situations, and maybe even overlook retailers, you can never know if the deal its pointing you towards is actually the best. ChatGPT shopping research is really well done if you need extra help with making a purchasing decision, but it doesnt replace the hours and hours spent by humans to update deals posts in real time to ensure you can save the most money possible, or even if a discount isnt involved, point you towards making a purchase you wont regret. After testing out ChatGPT shopping research, Ive found a newfound appreciation for the work my colleagues and I put in during seasonal sales like Black Friday. Whether thats researching products to ensure they offer the best bang for buck, or scouring the web to check price history, journalists all around the world, not just on this site, work hard over the holiday period so you dont have to. Ill continue to use shopping research for information and quick product comparisons, but it still requires human research, whether thats done independently or by using a website with professionals. At the end of the day, AI is just another resource helping you to save that little bit of cash at this time of the year, and using it alongside other platforms definitely wont hurt. Just dont trust ChatGPT shopping research as gospel, or you might end up losing cash, rather than saving it. Today's best Black Friday deals - quick links Amazon: 45% off TVs, AirPods, air fryers & vacuums Apple: iPads, AirPods & MacBooks from $119 Best Buy: $1,000 off TVs, laptops & headphones Dell: laptop deals from $249.99 Home Depot: 40% off appliances, furniture, grills & tools Lenovo: 45% off laptops & tablets Lowe's: up to 30% off appliances, holiday decor & tools Samsung : up to $2,000 off appliances, TVs & phones Target: 40% off Christmas decor, clothing & furniture T-Mobile: up to $1,100 off latest iPhone 17 Walmart: furniture, cheap TVs & vacs from $69 Wayfair: 54% off Christmas, furniture & decor Today's best Black Friday deals - quick links Amazon : up to 66% off tech & essentials AO : up to 500 off Dyson, Bosch & Hisense Argos : up to 50% off appliances, tech & toys Boots : save on 1,000s of beauty products Currys : deals on Ninja, Shark & Lenovo Dell : laptops from 279 Dyson : up to 550 off vacuums EE : Switch 2 bundles from 20/month John Lewis : up to 50% off tech & fashion Lego : sets & accessories from 2.99 Samsung : deals on appliances & phones Very : up to 40% off tech, toys & fashion Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. 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