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