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Millions of Americans will pop open their laptops to buy gifts this holiday season, but tech companies are racing to turn the job of online shopping over

Millions of Americans will pop open their laptops to buy gifts this holiday season, but tech companies are racing to turn the job of online shopping over to AI agents instead. Rabbit released its LAM Playground earlier this month, which lets an AI agent navigate websites on your behalf using a computer in a data center. “I can’t disclose specifics around how Buy with Pro works, but what I can say is that there is human oversight providing occasional support, which ensures that transactions are completed in a timely manner and we avoid issues like purchasing the wrong product,” said Perplexity spokesperson Sara Platnick in an email to TechCrunch.

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