Personal AI agents promise to shop, book flights, and make reservations for you.
But deliberate blocks and anti-bot defenses are getting in the way, leaving consumers caught in the middle.
A new standard aims to help.
Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.
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