Riskified, a fraud-prevention company, now checks the identity of AI agents that shop for people, so online stores can tell helpful buyers from scam bots.
Riskified has launched a tool that checks the identity of AI agents shopping online. These are programs that buy things on a person's behalf. The goal is to help online stores tell a helpful AI shopper from a bot built to scam them.
Riskified is a company that helps online stores spot fraud and fake orders. Until now, a store mostly dealt with human shoppers. As AI agents start placing orders for people, stores face a new question: is this agent legitimate, or is it a fraud tool in disguise? The new identity checks are meant to answer that.
Anyone who sells online is the main audience. AI buyers are coming, and a store will need a way to welcome the real ones and block the bad ones. Shoppers who use an AI agent to buy for them could also be affected, since stores may want to confirm who or what is behind an order.
The report gives few details. The material does not say how the checks work, what they cost, which stores can use them or when they will be widely available. It also does not say how accurate the checks are or how they will treat honest agents that fail a check.
Merchants who want to know more will need to ask Riskified directly or watch for fuller details from the company.
If you sell online, expect AI shoppers soon and start thinking about how you will tell trustworthy ones from scam bots.
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