Meta的人工智能代理Muse一直在为Leif Abraham购物。亚伯拉罕表示，由于亚马逊阻止人工智能代理下订单，这意味着亚马逊的购买减少。投资平台Public的联合创始人兼联合首席执行官亚伯拉罕告诉Business Insider，他已转向Muse购买主要是小众、难以找到的产品--护肤品、复古葡萄酒、德国肌酸产品、停产的Levi ' s牛仔裤。
Meta's AI agent, Muse, has been going shopping for Leif Abraham. With Amazon blocking the AI agent from placing orders, Abraham says that means fewer purchases from Amazon. Abraham, the cofounder and co-CEO of investing platform Public, told Business Insider he's turned to Muse to purchase mostly niche, hard-to-find products — skincare, vintage wines, a German creatine product, discontinued Levi's jeans. "Since the thing came out, I've been buying so much stuff," he said. "I literally just have to approve the payment, and that's it." Muse is Meta's bet that customers will entrust AI agents to handle internet errands, like booking a restaurant reservation for friends or finding their next outfit. It's an early hit, rocketing to the top of the App Store charts shortly after its launch last month. On Sunday, Abraham posted about his Muse experience on X, calling Meta and Shopify's recent integration a "win for Shopify."
“自从这东西问世以来，我买了很多东西，”他说。“我实际上只需要批准付款，仅此而已。“Meta的赌注是Muse，客户将委托人工智能代理处理互联网事务，例如为朋友预订餐厅或寻找下一套服装。它很早就受到了欢迎，上个月推出后不久就飙升至App Store排行榜的榜首。周日，亚伯拉罕在X上发布了他的Muse体验，称Meta和Shopify最近的整合是“Shopify的胜利”。“我用Muse购买的商品数量是我以前去亚马逊购买的，”他写道。“现在直接从品牌购买……”他补充道，并附上了他指示代理商从“信誉良好的商店”购买产品的截图。“我用Muse进行的购买量过去是去亚马逊……现在直接从品牌购买……亚伯拉罕的公司Shopify Public获胜，提供了一个Muse连接器，让客户将他们的经纪账户链接到代理。亚伯拉罕说，他已经连接了自己的帐户，并使用Muse进行每日经纪更新和卡路里跟踪。亚伯拉罕的故事只是一个人的经历，并不意味着亚马逊即将面临销售问题。人工智能代理购物尚未流行起来。但亚马逊决定阻止Muse代表用户进行购物--亚马逊对Muse如何访问或存储客户凭据和敏感数据以及帐户数据抓取表示担忧--有可能让钱留在桌面上，特别是如果Muse购物大行其道。
"The amount of purchases I've made with Muse that I used to have gone to Amazon for," he wrote. "Now buying from the brands directly…" he added, along with a screenshot of him directing the agent to buy products "from a reputable store." The amount of purchases I’ve made with Muse that I used to have gone to Amazon for … now buying from the brands directly … win for Shopify Public, Abraham's company, offers a Muse connector that lets customers link their brokerage accounts to the agent. Abraham said he has connected his own account and also uses Muse for daily brokerage updates and calorie tracking.
与此同时，Shopify采取了相反的方法。支付处理平台宣布与Meta合作，让Muse用户通过Shop Pay在Shopify商家结账。亚伯拉罕仍然给自己贴上“亚马逊超级用户”的标签，但表示最近的一些购买不符合标准。现在，他没有转向亚马逊购买所有商品，而是只使用该市场购买不需要太多研究的商品，例如卫生纸。亚伯拉罕在X上写下了他购物习惯的转变后，Shopify首席执行官托比·吕特克重新分享了这篇文章，并补充说他“听到了很多这样的故事。“并非每个人的Muse体验都按计划进行。亚伯拉罕说，他的几位技术朋友也在使用Muse寻找利基产品，但结果各不相同。他说，一位朋友仍在寻找克里斯托弗·诺兰（Christopher Nolan）的MAX 70毫米《奥德赛》（The Odyssey）的门票--他说缪斯尚未完成这项任务。（当然，这是缪斯的问题还是供应问题是另一回事。
Abraham's story is one person's experience and doesn't mean that Amazon has an impending sales problem. AI agent shopping has yet to catch on with the general public. But Amazon's decision to block Muse from making purchases on behalf of users — Amazon raised concerns about how Muse accessed or stored customer credentials and sensitive data, along with account data scraping — risks leaving money on the table, especially if Muse shopping takes off. Shopify, meanwhile, has taken the opposite approach. The payment processing platform announced a partnership with Meta that lets Muse users check out at Shopify merchants through Shop Pay. Abraham still labels himself an "Amazon mega user," but says some recent purchases weren't up to snuff. Now, instead of turning to Amazon for all his purchases, he uses the marketplace only for items that don't require as much research, like toilet paper. After Abraham wrote on X about the shift in his shopping habits, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke reshared the post and added that he's "hearing so many of these stories." Not everyone's experience with Muse has gone according to plan. Abraham said several of his techie friends are also using Muse to find niche products, but results have varied. One friend, he said, is still searching for tickets to Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" in IMAX 70mm — a task he said that Muse hasn't accomplished. (Granted, whether that's a Muse problem or a supply problem is a whole other conversation.)