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Amazon wants to end dodgy knockoffs with its own AI-generated custom merch printing

Merch on Demand taps into Alexa for Shopping for new AI-generated designs
Consumer-targeted upgrade works on the app or website, available with Prime shipping
Only US customers will get it for now – Etsy and others could suffer

Amazon has launched a new feature within Alexa for Shopping that enables customers to generate their own merch designs from AI prompts, which they can then have printed on physical products like hoodies and T-shirts.

Senior Editor Jacquelyn Smith said in an announcement that users may wish to print "a group chat's funniest inside joke... shirts for an upcoming family reunion... [or] a beloved pet reimagined as a cartoon," implying the new feature is designed primarily for consumer markets.

The new AI upgrade will be powered by the company's existing Merch on Demand platform, which means Amazon is behind the manufacturing, fulfillment, shipping and customer service.

Available on the app, customers can...

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Anthropic brings Mythos to the masses with Claude Fable 5, its most powerful generally available model ever

Apple AFM 3 breaks on-device AI memory limits

Apple’s iOS 27 goes all agentic on compromised passwords

MIT 3D-prints electrospray nozzles for three-layer drug delivery