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If you thought Amazon had massively changed society’s shopping habits, prepare for yet another overhaul.
Tech bosses have been talking about ‘agentic AI’ buying our stuff so we don’t have to for months, and ChatGPT has now taken a big step towards this.
They have just announced a new ‘instant checkout’ feature within the app, meaning you can buy things without having to go to another platform.
The chatbot will seek out similar products to what you have described, and then you just need to buy it.
For now, the user will still have to manually approve the purchase, but in future
Google is also working on similar technology, and major companies including Amazon, Visa,