Muse divides e-commerce giants into two factions: Amazon shuts down, Shopify takes over Dynamic Beating AI News: Meta's personal AI agent Muse has encountered completely opposite treatment on Amazon and Shopify. Amazon has blocked Muse from searching for products and shopping on behalf of users on Amazon.com, and users will directly see a prompt stating that "unauthorized AI agents" violate the terms of use. Amazon stated that Meta did not obtain prior permission and Muse did not proactively identify itself as an AI agent when browsing the website. Shopify announced a deep partnership with Muse almost simultaneously, integrating Shop Pay into all Shopify stores. Shop Pay can be understood as Shopify's one click checkout. After selecting a product, users can directly complete the checkout through Muse without having to go to the merchant's website to fill in the address and payment information again. The difference in attitude between the two companies lies in their different business models. Amazon itself is the shopping portal, and users originally have to search, compare, and read recommendations within Amazon before placing an order. External agents may cut off this entire process. Shopify mainly provides independent merchants with product, order, and checkout infrastructure. It doesn't matter whether consumers come in through Muse, ChatGPT, or Google, as long as they still place orders with Shopify merchants, it adds an additional sales channel. For Amazon, Muse may be competing for entry; For Shopify, Muse is more like bringing customers. [Original link]