The Race Is on to Keep AI Agents From Running Wild With Your Credit Cards
TL;DR
AI agents may soon be buying your stuff for you. The FIDO Alliance has teamed up with Google and Mastercard to try to ensure that shopping in the near future isn't a complete disaster. AI agents may soon be buying your stuff for you. The FIDO Alliance has teamed up with Google and Mastercard to try to ensure that shopping in the near future isn't a complete disaster.
Nauti's Take
Nauti calls the FIDO/Google/Mastercard initiative overdue: once AI agents move money, you need hard auth standards — otherwise shopping turns into a high-risk game. The catch: standardisation takes time, and until specs land, early adopters check out with home-grown setups that hand fraud an open door.
Promising for platforms that join early; caution for anyone giving agents payment access without strict limits.
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