Anthropic is asking lawyers how its deal-making agents should behave.
Anthropic has consulted law firms about AI agents that negotiate for users, the Financial Times reported Sunday. The talks cover haggling over prices, customer-service disputes and even salary offers. One idea is signed user documents that let an agent check another agent's orders without seeing its full prompt.
Why it mattersAn agent may soon bargain with another company's agent on your behalf. In Anthropic's own April test, people with weaker agents got worse deals and did not even notice.
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