As a result, consumer watchdogs are clutching pearls just as quickly, likely based on fears of grown adults being bankrupted ...

Google has announced a new open standard called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) to support AI agent-based shopping. The ...

Payment processors like Stripe and Visa have endorsed the protocol, which was developed in partnership with Shopify, Etsy, ...

AI-powered shopping is becoming a new area of competition among major technology companies, e-commerce platforms and ...

Google's AI shopping protocol faces backlash over "surveillance pricing" fears as consumer watchdogs warn of algorithmic ...

OpenAI broke new ground when it enabled shopping within ChatGPT, but Walmart's head of AI said the retailer's new Google ...

Discovery has moved upstream, and AI is quickly becoming the place where shoppers build the shortlists that shape every ...

Google's new AI shopping protocol is under fire as critics warn of 'surveillance pricing,' while Google claims the system ...

Shoppers increased their spending in November from October as holiday shopping kicked into full gear.Retail sales rose a ...

Google’s Gemini and agentic AI are transforming retail, turning discovery, decision-making, and checkout into a seamless, ...

Google's announced a tie-up with Walmart around AI-enabled commerce. Daniel Danker, Walmart’s  EVP of AI Acceleration, ...

Google responds to “personalized upselling” criticism tied to its AI Mode checkout roadmap, saying upselling means premium ...