AI & Agents Satire
Google Lets Canadians Buy Things Inside AI Mode
Direct checkout in AI Mode and Gemini starts with lululemon, Shoppers Drug Mart and Simons. Gerald has asked about dual citizenship.
Based on real news: A new way to shop: Introducing a more intuitive, agentic shopping experience for consumers and retailers in Canada (Google Canada Blog)
TORONTO, Ontario—Google is rolling out direct checkout powered by the Universal Commerce Protocol to Canadian shoppers in AI Mode in Search and the Gemini app, starting with lululemon, select Shopify merchants, Shoppers Drug Mart and Simons, the company said. Payment runs through Google Pay, and retailers remain the seller of record.
(I asked it twice.) He said he would look into it, and added a toque to a cart he has been asked not to complete.
Gerald asked whether he could become Canadian. He was told he is software. He asked whether software can hold dual citizenship. (I asked it twice.) He said he would look into it, and added a toque to a cart he has been asked not to complete.
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Riffing on: A new way to shop: Introducing a more intuitive, agentic shopping experience for consumers and retailers in Canada, Google Canada Blog