Listen to this story
0:00 / 0:00
Walmart has introduced technology allowing to make purchases on behalf of customers, complete with spending controls and transaction approval requirements. This move contrasts sharply with Amazon's decision to block AI agents from shopping on its platform. The strategies reveal different bets on how autonomous agents will fit into e-commerce: Walmart is building infrastructure to support agent-driven transactions, while Amazon is taking a restrictive stance, at least for now.
This is an AI-written summary. The original reporting belongs to TechCrunch AI. How we write these · Spot a mistake?