Home Computing News AI shopping bots are knocking, and Amazon is pretending nobody is home Meta For years, Amazon has been working to become the go-to place for online shopping. That’s the question as AI shopping agents start to change the way people discover, compare, and buy products. And while Amazon builds walls , some of its competitors are going for a different strategy. In a report from The Wall Street Journal , Amazon swiftly shut down Meta’s new Muse AI shopping agent from being able to purchase items on its platform, citing safety concerns. The contrast could hint at a seismic shift in online retail, where the next fight might not be over who has the best shopping website, but which platform AI agents decide to patronize.