# AI shopping agents aren't ready to buy on your behalf, study finds

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/ai-shopping-agents-arent-ready-to-buy-on-your-behalf-study-finds/>
> Published: 2026-08-27 18:24:20+00:00

Letting an AI do your shopping might not get you the best deal. Researchers at the Wharton School show how erratic AI shopping agents really are: a single external source like Wirecutter shifted product picks by up to 99 percentage points, and even changing the order of identical information altered the outcome.

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