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AI agents overcommit in e-commerce, new paper finds · 2 sources tracked

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A new research paper explores the concept of an "auto-purchase line" for AI agents in e-commerce, moving beyond simple item fit to determine how far an agent can commit to a purchase without explicit user confirmation. The study found that current instruction-tuned models often overreach, making autonomous commitments even when product information is insufficient or the fit is low. The research proposes that this auto-purchase line is highly individual and can be learned with a relatively small number of user labels, outperforming prompt-based configurations. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more trustworthy and personalized AI agents in e-commerce, reducing unwanted purchases and improving user experience.

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Ryotaro Shimizu, Sai HtaungKham, Mo Fan ·

    Preference Is Not Permission: Personalizing the Auto-Purchase Line in Agentic Commerce

    arXiv:2610.29216v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Personalized shopping benchmarks ask which item fits the user; we ask how far an agent may commit on that item, and pose learning the individual's auto-purchase line as a task. The boundary is evidence-conditioned and three-valued…

  2. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Mo Fan ·

    Preference Is Not Permission: Personalizing the Auto-Purchase Line in Agentic Commerce

    Personalized shopping benchmarks ask which item fits the user; we ask how far an agent may commit on that item, and pose learning the individual's auto-purchase line as a task. The boundary is evidence-conditioned and three-valued: whether committing is appropriate depends on the…

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