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What biases AI agents to choose your product
Apr 14, 2026

What biases AI agents to choose your product

Optimizing your website for AI buying agents can drastically increase the likelihood they choose your product (e.g. tweaking a product title increased choice by 80 percentage points).

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
AIAI
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AI-driven traffic isn’t (yet) as good as it’s hyped to be
Apr 07, 2026

AI-driven traffic isn’t (yet) as good as it’s hyped to be

Research on 164m sales across 973 ecommerce websites finds that AI traffic drives more revenue per session than paid social, but less than any other channel. This gap is smaller for complex products.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
AIAI
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‘AI-designed’ hurts sales
Mar 17, 2026

‘AI-designed’ hurts sales

People are up to 29% less willing to buy products designed by AI (e.g. a chair, a snack flavor), compared to those designed by humans.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
Customer ExperienceCustomer Experience
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When using AI bots turns customers away
Jul 22, 2025

When using AI bots turns customers away

People are up to 30% more likely to stop using a service if it’s delivered by AI or robots (vs a human) when warmth is important to satisfaction (e.g. hospitality).

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
AIAI
+4+4
The less people know about AI, the more they use it
May 27, 2025

The less people know about AI, the more they use it

People with a limited understanding of how AI works are up to 31% more likely to use it because they see it as magical.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
Customer ExperienceCustomer Experience
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Make your chatbot use interjections (Oh wow!)
Apr 29, 2025

Make your chatbot use interjections (Oh wow!)

Customers were up to 49.7% more satisfied, and more likely to buy when AI chatbots use interjections (e.g. wow, aw, oh!) because they felt better understood.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
Customer ExperienceCustomer Experience
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Humanize your AI to reduce fraud
Mar 25, 2025

Humanize your AI to reduce fraud

People are 18.5% less likely to act unethically (e.g. try to commit fraud) with AI chatbots that have human-like features (e.g. a name and avatar, speak less formally).

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
Customer ExperienceCustomer Experience
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How to get people to like your chatbot
Feb 25, 2025

How to get people to like your chatbot

People dislike AI chatbots (vs humans), unless you frame it right - or pass on the savings.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
AIAI
+3+3
It’s ok if I use AI, but not if you do
Jan 28, 2025

It’s ok if I use AI, but not if you do

People rated using generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT) for a cover letter as 12.6% more acceptable to use themselves compared to when others used it.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
AIAI
+5+5
AI produces better SEO content
Jan 21, 2025

AI produces better SEO content

Content written by AI and edited by a human (vs fully written by an SEO expert) reduced production and labor costs by 91% - and ranked higher in search results

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
Customer ExperienceCustomer Experience
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Bad news? Send AI. Good news? Be human
Jan 14, 2025

Bad news? Send AI. Good news? Be human

We don’t think AI has bad intentions, so we are up to 2.6 times more likely to accept bad news given by them (e.g. accept a higher-than-expected price).

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
AIAI
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How to get better customer insights using AI
Jan 07, 2025

How to get better customer insights using AI

Insights generated by a marketer working with AI were better than those from a person alone, or AI alone. Here’s how.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
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