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xuaihua··on AI Drove $3B Sales on Black Friday 2025
Apparently AI/agentic commerce drove $3B in online sales over Black Friday per this report being shared around by retail executives today.

The underlying Salesforce data doesn't seem to support this, however. From my POV, there's absolutely no way AI drove $3B of $11.8B total ecommerce sales for Black Friday based on current AI usage. Am I misinterpreting this data?

xuaihua··on Why Alexa won't wake up when hearing "Alexa" in Amazon's Super Bowl ad (2019)
An older article, and specifically about their Super Bowl ads, but a fascinating answer to a question I had directly from the source at Amazon.
xuaihua··on Investigation on the effect of oral breathing on cognitive activity (2021)
For what it’s worth, I’ve only heard this term in my (American) culture for the past 5 or so years.

My first exposure to the term was via internet memes where “mouth breathing” was conveyed as existing only with those who were mentally impaired. Check out the Urban Dictionary link someone else responded to you with in a different comment thread for more context.

I don’t recall ever hearing anything about “mouth breathing” in my society/culture/subculture before exposure to these memes, so I wonder if it’s a newer thing? If so, silly memes really are influencing our culture!