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How to use an agent to buy things

This story is from 2026-09-11. It is preserved in the archive; the latest stories are on the live feed.

Let’s imagine you’re going on a vacation. You pull up your personal AI agent and tell it that you want to go to Croatia. It already knows what kinds of activities you want to do and goes ahead to book them… until it has no way to pay. Sure, you can give it your credit card, but do you really want i…

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  1. 2026-09-11 13:16 · r/AI_Agents
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