eBay Takes a Stand Against AI Shopping Bots Amid Rise of Automated Agents

As AI shopping agents become more capable of browsing, comparing, and purchasing on a user's behalf, marketplaces are being forced to decide whether to embrace or restrict this kind of automated traffic.

The tension here mirrors earlier struggles with web-scraping and price-comparison bots - platforms want the sales, but not at the cost of losing control over pricing transparency, bidding integrity, or the ad revenue tied to human browsing behavior.

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