An agent can sort of check out for you now, but your yes is not the platform's yes. In March 2026 a federal judge let Amazon lock Perplexity's Comet out of user accounts, and even with the door open the best agents still fail flight-booking-style tasks roughly a quarter to a third of the time. So before you let anything shop for you, list what it has to hold: a logged-in session, a live payment method, and for travel your passport. Then:
- Run it only on stores that publish an agent policy you can read
- Keep it to single, cheap, reversible purchases
- Check the receipt every time
That is not fire and forget. It is a power tool with no guard, so keep your hand where you can see it.
