Chinese and American shoppers increasingly buy through AI assistants — but the assistants are different models, trained on different data, embedded in different commerce ecosystems. AIBUY asks both worlds the identical purchase questions and publishes the gap. Only a team operating in both markets can run this; we do it quarterly, free, in both languages.
ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini · Perplexity — the assistants English-speaking buyers actually consult before purchasing.
Doubao · Tencent Yuanbao · Kimi · Wenxin · Taobao Ask — the assistants inside the Chinese buyer's daily apps and commerce flow.
One prompt set, translated where needed (originals kept), run through both panels in the same window.
Do the two worlds even name the same brands? Overlap %, per category and per prompt.
Where both mention the same product, do they state the same specs and prices? Error asymmetry is where buyers get hurt.
Which retail ecosystems does each panel assume (Amazon vs Taobao/Tmall), and what does that hide from cross-border buyers?
Categories: keyboards (pilot extension), coffee gear, skincare devices. English edition here, 中文版 on aibuy.org.cn, same day. Media inquiries welcome — the dataset excerpt pack accompanies the release.