Shortly after Google announced its new Universal Commerce Protocol for AI-powered shopping agents, a consumer economics watchdog sounded the alarm.
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A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google's AI agent shopping protocol -- Google says she's wrong - TechCrunch
A consumer economics watchdog says Google's new Universal Commerce Protocol is ripe for misuse where consumers could pay more for items. Google denies this.
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