Pinterest CEO Bill Ready addressed investor concerns about AI’s role in shopping, clarifying that true agentic shopping—where AI buys for users—is still a distant reality. While Pinterest leverages AI for recommendations, personalization, and visual searches, Ready views the platform as an AI-enabled assistant, not a fully autonomous agent. He highlighted efforts to ensure AI is “used for good,” tuning algorithms for positivity and responsible usage. Not discussed were recent user complaints about AI-generated content and moderation issues. Despite beating revenue estimates, Pinterest’s stock fell due to earnings per share missing analyst forecasts. Gen Z and male user growth were strong.
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