“Chatbot developers and retail giants are battling over user data as they lay the foundation for a future in which AI agents can do all your online shopping for you.”

It’s strange how we’ve moved from mall shopping to online shopping to now AI shopping for us

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    4 days ago

    My imagination thinks that in an AI shopping future, anyone who reads an article similar to this automatically buys a Micky Mouse plushie.

    Did not want to ? That easy to fix: please go to your settings to turn off auto-shopping. Refunds work too, just ship it back

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      4 days ago

      The number of dark patterns wrapped around both disabling auto shop and getting a return are going to make the current cookie nonsense look like a walk in the park.

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        4 days ago

        “By clicking the ok button to activate this (critically important) site, you agree to allow us to make suggestions to the auto AI sales on your behalf”