Sidekick

Shopify announced a slew of AI-focused updates on Monday, including an early version of an AI chatbot called “Sidekick.” Sidekick is designed to be a support chatbot for merchants that can help them craft discount codes, generate store reports, or suggest blog post ideas, among other things. While this sounds like a pretty run-of-the-mill AI chatbot feature, it seems like it could become a useful way to get help or support if Shopify continues to tailor the chatbot’s functionality to merchants’ needs. Vanessa…