Visa says it has completed hundreds of secure AI initiated transactions with partners, signaling that agent driven shopping and checkout could reach mainstream consumers by the 2026 holiday season, raising both convenience and risk questions.
Visa says it has completed hundreds of secure AI initiated transactions with partners, signaling that agent driven shopping and checkout could reach mainstream consumers by the 2026 holiday season, raising both convenience and risk questions.
Almost every AI step in this process would be better done without AI, though.
Using a ton of AI agents instead of a stable API is the opposite of streamlining.
adding AI is just adding extra steps of convoluted process. in hindsight the AI companies want retailers to hold the bag on AI.
Bank ai: this is over the threshold
Bill ai: got it, raising the threshold
Bank ai: lgtm, paid