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1. DoorDash CEO: third-party AI agents have placed only “several hundred” orders in total

   Rare hard numbers on agentic commerce — a reality check.

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   ExpandCollapseDoorDash CEO: third-party AI agents have placed only “several hundred” orders in total

   DoorDash CEO Tony Xu said on the Q3 call that third-party agents like Muse have generated only “several hundred” orders in total, and users still mainly order in the DoorDash app (TechCrunch and the call transcript). For comparison, DoorDash said in its 2025 report it averages about 3 million deliveries a day. He sees agents first helping with long-consideration purchases or proactive background tasks, and possible advertising inside agents later. The post also rounds up Alexa now editing Amazon accounts and The RealReal tightening bot defenses (relayed from TechCrunch).

2. Alexa can now change your Amazon account; Chrome Autofill pulls order details from Gmail; Bank of America: don't give AI assistants your password

   Agent permissions and liability shape retail and payment UX.

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   ExpandCollapseAlexa can now change your Amazon account; Chrome Autofill pulls order details from Gmail; Bank of America: don't give AI assistants your password

   The post rounds up three TechCrunch reports this week: Amazon's Alexa moved from reading to changing your Amazon account — creating shopping lists, editing items, managing subscriptions and updating delivery instructions. Chrome's AI Autofill can, with permission, pull flight confirmations, tracking info and order details from Gmail to fill web forms. Bank of America is telling customers not to give their banking password to an AI assistant and says “you're responsible for activity” resulting from an agent's access. The author's take: companies that own both the assistant and the account open write access first, while liability for third-party agents remains unclear (opinion).

3. Perplexity Computer's Mac/Windows apps can now drive your own Chrome via an extension

   Agents working inside real signed-in sessions — key for merchant ops tasks.

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   ExpandCollapsePerplexity Computer's Mac/Windows apps can now drive your own Chrome via an extension

   Aravind Srinivas announced that Perplexity Computer can now control your own Chrome from the Mac and Windows apps through a Chrome extension. The official Computer account says the extension links the two so Computer can use sites you're already signed into; the demo turns a business's reviews into a prioritized list of fixes and replies. It's live for all Computer users on Mac and Windows. Letting an agent use signed-in sessions also puts permissions and account security on the user.

4. Time magazine's ads-for-AI-agents experiment draws 30+ brand meetingsUnconfirmed

   When the buyer is an agent, both marketing and risk controls change.

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   ExpandCollapseTime magazine's ads-for-AI-agents experiment draws 30+ brand meetings

   The Information reports exclusively that Time magazine's experiment with ads aimed at AI agents has sparked more than 30 meetings with interested brands. Meanwhile AI developers worry that hidden instructions could influence their tools (prompt-injection risk). Ad format, pricing and results aren't disclosed in the post; press exclusive.

5. Alibaba Cloud QwenWork: describe a product in one sentence, get a complete hostable landing page

   Cuts the cost of product and campaign pages for small merchants.

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   ExpandCollapseAlibaba Cloud QwenWork: describe a product in one sentence, get a complete hostable landing page

   Alibaba Cloud's official account introduced QwenWork: describe a product in one sentence and get back a complete landing page — layout, copy and styling — verified section by section before delivery. You can refine it by conversation, and the output is one self-contained HTML file for any host. It's a product promo without quality benchmarks or pricing details.