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Despite consumer interest, with 60% of US shoppers open to AI assistance, full automation in shopping is not imminent. Companies like Expedia are seeing increased sales from AI-influenced features but do not yet offer full agent automation. OpenAI has partnered with Walmart, PayPal, and Shopify to advance these efforts, while Google has introduced AI agents for online checkout tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI agents are not yet ready to take over holiday shopping tasks as negotiations among major tech and retail companies continue. 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