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My major discussion with all of my current clients is not is about AI is not the future. It's already here. The shopping behavior is already changing.

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“Since then, the AI boom started to be more than real.”

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Since then, the AI boom started to be more than real. Actually, I my my major discussion with all of my current clients is not is about AI is not the future. It's already here. The shopping behavior is already changing. So I wish

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Challenges the 'AI is the future' narrative with stark present-tense reality. The urgency and definitive statement about shopping behavior changing now creates engagement through immediacy.

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