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AI shopping agents are reshaping ecommerce security. Learn why agentic commerce demands continuous trust, fraud prevention, and identity verification.
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AI shopping agents are transforming ecommerce, but they also introduce new fraud and identity risks. Drawing on Akamai's latest research and Transmit Security's perspective, this article explains why authentication alone is no longer enough, how AI agents blur the line between legitimate automation and abuse, and why retailers must adopt continuous, risk-based trust models to secure agentic commerce.