Visa, Mastercard and Ant agreed on how to check an AI shopper.
Ant International, Mastercard and Visa said on Thursday they will make their agent checks work together. Each had its own way to verify an AI agent before letting it pay. The plan is a shared framework, not a signed standard, and no launch date exists.
Why it mattersSoon an assistant may buy things for you, and shops must know it is yours. Without shared checks, every store would trust a different set of agents.
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