Walmart is inviting AI agents to shop for you
Walmart will soon let AI agents shop on its website for you.
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Key points
- Next month, the retail giant will allow you to use an AI agent on the site, with systems in place to let you approve and review purchases and set spending limits.
- The embrace of AI agents stands in stark contrast to Amazon, which blocked Perplexity's shopping agent and Meta's Muse AI assistant.
- But Walmart is opening its doors to AI shoppers - as long as they follow the retailer's rules.
- As Amazon blocks AI agents from shopping on its site, Walmart is taking the opposite approach, introducing new technology that lets AI agents make purchases on customers' behalf, with controls over spending and transaction approvals.
Sources (2)
- [1]Walmart is inviting AI agents to shop for youThe Verge: AI · Oct 21, 07:30 PM
Walmart will soon let AI agents shop on its website for you.
Next month, the retail giant will allow you to use an AI agent on the site, with systems in place to let you approve and review purchases and set spending limits.
- [2]While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome matTechCrunch: AI · Oct 21, 07:30 PM
As Amazon blocks AI agents from shopping on its site, Walmart is taking the opposite approach, introducing new technology that lets AI agents make purchases on customers' behalf, with controls over spending and transaction approvals.
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