Amazon now lets you design custom merch using AI
Key takeaways
- On Monday, Amazon introduced a new feature that allows anyone to design merchandise using AI, posing an expanded challenge to online merch platforms like Redbubble, Bonfire, Spring, Fourthwall, and others.
- In doing so, anyone can turn their idea into a design that can be featured on items from apparel to tumblers and more available through Amazon s print-on-demand service, Merch on Demand.
- The service could be useful for printing one-off designs like T-shirts for a family reunion, a personalized gift of some type, or to create products featuring a portrait of your dog, Amazon suggests.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
On Monday, Amazon introduced a new feature that allows anyone to design merchandise using AI, posing an expanded challenge to online merch platforms like Redbubble, Bonfire, Spring, Fourthwall, and others. The company announced that people are now able to create new products using AI prompts via the Alexa feature in its Shopping app.
In doing so, anyone can turn their idea into a design that can be featured on items from apparel to tumblers and more available through Amazon s print-on-demand service, Merch on Demand.
The service could be useful for printing one-off designs like T-shirts for a family reunion, a personalized gift of some type, or to create products featuring a portrait of your dog, Amazon suggests. (Artists whose work has been used to train AI models may be less enthusiastic about this type of idea, of course.)