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eBay appears to have shut the door on third-party AI agents

Headline via The Verge · first report 10 Nov, 21:50 IST, latest 10 Nov, 23:02 IST

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2 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from The Verge at 10 Nov, 21:50 IST; the latest is from TechRadar at 10 Nov, 23:02 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

StatusVerified
Reported by2 news organisations
First report10 Nov, 21:50 IST
Latest report10 Nov, 23:02 IST
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What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

eBay appears to have blocked AI agents, including Meta's Muse, from browsing on the platform - the latest speed bump in the AI agent race. A reader tells The Verge that for several weeks he's had his Muse agent browse and curate a daily digest of watches for…
Adobe wants you to embrace using your favorite AI agent to handle administrative editing so that you can create more.

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