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title: "Retailers are picking sides on AI shopping agents"
date: 2026-09-22
source: https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/retailers-picking-sides-ai-shopping-194353159.html
description: "Amazon banned Meta’s Muse assistant, while Shopify welcomed it in, the first sign of battle lines being drawn in the way we spend money online."
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# Retailers are picking sides on AI shopping agents

Amazon banned Meta’s Muse assistant, while Shopify welcomed it in, the first sign of battle lines being drawn in the way we spend money online.

*Published: 2026-09-22*