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The future of online shopping baskets in the era of agentic AI checkout
Yahoo Finance· 2026-03-19 09:14
For more than two decades, the online checkout has been the heartbeat of eCommerce. The ‘buy now’ prompt buttons, payment forms and confirmation pages are an ordinary sight for many shoppers. But what happens when the shopper is no longer human? Welcome to the age of agentic commerce, where AI agents can browse, compare, negotiate and complete purchases on behalf of consumers and businesses. This isn’t a theoretical concept, but a reality. Recent research shows 27% of UK consumers have already used AI t ...