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AI agents are ready to shop. Some retailers are wary.

Using an AI agent to shop for you is a strange experience. Tech companies have marketed them as personal assistants - the democratizing of labor that ordinarily would only be available to the rich and powerful. In practice, at least for buying things, it's more like sending an anxious and apologeti…

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  1. 2026-10-22 12:30 · The Verge AI
    AI agents are ready to shop. Some retailers are wary.

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