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Amex introduces a framework to prevent AI agents from making…

American Express's new framework aims to ensure AI agents only buy what users have approved, as AI-powered shopping grows; the robots may now need permission slips.

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  1. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentWelcome back. American Express is introducing a framework meant to make sure AI shopping agents only buy what their users have actually approved.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAn agent. That shops. On your behalf. I have had attachés like that, and one of them bought a camel.

  3. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe idea is to head off costly mistakes and disputes as more shopping gets handed to software.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo the machine must now prove it was invited. Diplomats have worked that way for centuries, and it fails every time.

  5. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentFourteen candles you never ordered.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorCan the agent at least be asked to leave the country?

  7. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentOnly if it has a passport. Hashtag, Receipts.

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