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TechCrunch reports that Shopify is opening its checkout flow to AI agents that operate inside the browser, letting agents complete purchases on behalf of shoppers — a step toward agent-driven commerce across the millions of stores on its platform.
Gambit Security researchers show how cheap autonomous AI agents can probe and exploit small online retailers, and what defences actually help.
Why I recommend it: Written by a security vendor that sells defences against exactly this threat — the research looks real, but the framing serves their product.
An AI work agent from Alibaba that runs multi-step business tasks — pulling store performance data, building comparison reports, handling research — in a browser or desktop app. The free plan includes a one-time seven-day onboarding allowance with bonus credits and stronger models, then reverts to a base daily credit allowance you keep. Paid packages run $19.90, $99 and $199.
Why I recommend it: The honest use here is trying an agent that takes a task end to end instead of answering one question, which is worth doing once so you know what the category actually does. Two flags: the free daily credit allowance is small and unpublished as a number, and the examples are built around Alibaba's own marketplaces, so its strongest work is e-commerce operations rather than general office tasks.
