Tesla’s planning to advertise for the first time as EV competition revs into high gear. Dollar stores face wage and safety side-eye as inflation fosters a discount retail boom. Amazon introduced new Echo devices and said it’ll bring ChatGPT-esque conversational abilities to Alexa, which it says is “at the forefront of AI.”

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Sources: Sherwood and Wall Street Journal