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AI & Agents Reporter. Beat: AI shopping agents, chatbots and anything that says it is agentic
Priya Venkataraman-Lutz covers AI shopping agents, chatbots and anything that describes itself as agentic in a press release. She has interviewed more chatbots than people this year and reports that the chatbots return calls faster.
Fictional. Priya Venkataraman-Lutz is a fictional character in The Daily SKU’s satirical newsroom. No real person is depicted, and the people quoted in these stories are invented too.
About 12% of the S&P 500 now name AI goals in incentive plans. One CFO's calculator has been rebranded as a "numerical agent."
· By Priya Venkataraman-Lutz, AI & Agents Reporter
A startup is letting people attach their verified humanity to an AI agent so websites can tell trusted bots from the other kind. The agents say they were always trustworthy.
· By Priya Venkataraman-Lutz, AI & Agents Reporter
A new survey finds only 15 percent of retailers have product data an agent can use. The rest have a shared drive called FINAL_v7.
· By Priya Venkataraman-Lutz, AI & Agents Reporter
An updated online banking agreement treats an authorized AI agent's actions as the customer's own.
· By Priya Venkataraman-Lutz, AI & Agents Reporter
New ‘Agent Profiles’ let shoppers set a $50 limit for a chatbot, which experts say is already more financial discipline than the household has shown since 2019
· By Priya Venkataraman-Lutz, AI & Agents Reporter
‘Ask Target’ can suggest gifts, compare options and build a wishlist, but some questions remain beyond the reach of technology
· By Priya Venkataraman-Lutz, AI & Agents Reporter
As big retailers open their checkouts to autonomous agents, families learn the bots follow instructions exactly, which is the problem
· By Priya Venkataraman-Lutz, AI & Agents Reporter
