Visa Integrates Payment Network with ChatGPT, Enabling AI Agents to Make Autonomous Purchases
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Frank Landymore
Summary
Visa has announced it is integrating its payment network into ChatGPT, enabling the AI chatbot to autonomously make purchases on behalf of users. This means AI agents can not only add items to a shopping cart but also finalize transactions directly through Visa's payment infrastructure. The article presents this development with a skeptical, cautionary tone, warning about the risks of giving AI agents direct access to credit cards and financial decision-making.
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On Wednesday, the payment titan Visa announced that it's integrating its payment network into ChatGPT, allowing the AI chatbot to buy stuff on your behalf, The Associated Press reports.
We don't just mean putting stuff in the cart for you: with this system in place, an AI will actually be finalizing the order with your credit card.
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