Amazon Strips Product Names from Order Emails to Thwart AI Agent Inbox Mining

Amazon replaced specific product names and thumbnails in order confirmation emails with generic categories like "speaker," starting around July 2026. The likely catalyst: Google's Gemini and planned Gmail shopping integrations can mine inboxes for structured purchase data. Walmart, Target, and Wayfair joined Google's commerce surfaces; Amazon did not. Amazon previously sued Perplexity over agent-driven shopping and won.