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eBay Bans Illicit Automated Shopping Amid Rapid Rise of AI Agents


EBay has updated its User Agreement to explicitly ban third-party "buy for me" agents and AI chatbots from interacting with its platform without permission. From a report: On its face, a one-line terms of service update doesn't seem like major news, but what it implies is more significant: The chang...

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