eBay Moves to Restrict Agentic Commerce With New AI Ban
eBay has updated its user agreement to prohibit third-party AI shopping agents, particularly with regards to bots powered by large language models that can place orders without human review. The revised policy creates a closed-loop ecosystem in which only approved AI agents are allowed to operate on the platform, effectively blocking rival tools from companies such as Amazon, Anthropic, Google, and Perplexity. Bots capable of searching for products, negotiating prices, and....