AI Agents Are Getting Credit Cards. What Could Go Wrong?

Picture this. You ask your AI assistant to grab a cheap phone charger. It reads a product page, finds a line of hidden text, and quietly decides you actually want the premium model. It checks out. The

Picture this. You ask your AI assistant to grab a cheap phone charger. It reads a product page, finds a line of hidden text, and quietly decides you actually want the premium model. It checks out. The payment is cryptographically signed, fully valid, and completely not what you asked for. That is not a sci fi plot. It is roughly what researchers demonstrated in a paper this September. Welcome to agentic commerce, where software does not just recommend what to buy. It buys it. The Money Rails Are