#shoppingbots — Public Fediverse posts
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The Register: eBay updates legalese to ban AI-powered shop-bots . “eBay has decided to ban agentic shopping bots from its digital tat bazaar. The company’s decision emerged in an update to its user agreement posted on January 20th, which insists users must not use ‘buy-for-me agents, LLM-driven bots, or any end-to-end flow that attempts to place orders without human review’ on the site, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/24/the-register-ebay-updates-legalese-to-ban-ai-powered-shop-bots/ -
The Register: eBay updates legalese to ban AI-powered shop-bots . “eBay has decided to ban agentic shopping bots from its digital tat bazaar. The company’s decision emerged in an update to its user agreement posted on January 20th, which insists users must not use ‘buy-for-me agents, LLM-driven bots, or any end-to-end flow that attempts to place orders without human review’ on the site, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/24/the-register-ebay-updates-legalese-to-ban-ai-powered-shop-bots/