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Stores Tell the Shopping Agent Its Customer Must Come Inside
· New York time
Some websites are blocking AI agents from accessing their pages, frustrating people who want automated help with online purchases. The agents promise convenience, but the sites control access to the pages where shopping happens. The result is an odd standoff at the digital entrance. A customer sends an assistant to handle a task, and the assistant encounters a door it cannot open. The shopper may still have to navigate the site personally. Automation has found a way to make shopping easier, provided the store agrees to admit the helper.
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