AI shopping agents aren't ready to buy on your behalf, study finds

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AI shopping agents aren't ready to buy on your behalf, study finds

The Decoder · Aug 27, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC

Letting an AI do your shopping might not get you the best deal. Researchers at the Wharton School show how erratic AI shopping agents really are: a single external source like Wirecutter shifted product picks by up to 99 percentage points, and even changing the order of identical information altered the outcome.…

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