
We've already ditched our regular shopping trips in favor of home delivery. Why not go one step further and put an AI assistant in charge of running our errands?
That's the premise behind AI-powered shopping, launched this week by two credit card giants. Visa's "Intelligent Commerce" allows AI agents to "find and buy." Mastercard's "Agent Pay" lets users to chat with AI agents to create a shopping list, make the purchases and recommend the best way to pay (the likely recommendation is your credit card).