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Visa tested 22 shopping agents. 43% failed - and half of those bought anyway. Here's what actually stops it.

Last week Visa ran 22 AI shopping agents through 15 real shopping tasks. 43% of the runs failed. Here's the part almost nobody is talking about: in more than half of the failed runs, the agent bought something anyway. A person who can't find the right TV walks out of the store. An agent picks the w…

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  1. 2026-11-11 07:23 · DEV Community — AI
    Visa tested 22 shopping agents. 43% failed - and half of those bought anyway. Here's what actually stops it.

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