AI Bots Take Over Payments: Will Your Money Be Safe? 💸

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Cloudflare, Visa, Mastercard, and AmEx have joined forces to create a new era of AI-powered payments, because nothing says ‘trust’ like letting machines handle your money. 🤖💸

Cloudflare has partnered with Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to revolutionize commerce, turning your wallet into a playground for AI. 🎢

This collaboration is setting the stage for agentic commerce, where AI agents shop, haggle, and pay-because who needs humans when you can have bots? 🤖

The Trust Protocol: Bots with ID Checks? 🧾

The Trusted Agent Protocol is the new buzzword, allowing AI bots to authenticate themselves via Web Bot Auth. Because nothing says ‘security’ like a machine verifying another machine. 🔐

AmEx and Mastercard are on board, eager to let bots handle transactions. Meanwhile, merchants are left wondering if their systems can keep up with the chaos. 🌀

As AI agents take over travel bookings, subscriptions, and more, they’ll need a payment system that’s faster than a squirrel on espresso. ☕

Agentic Payments: The Future or a Sci-Fi Nightmare? 🌌

Cloudflare’s initiative is part of a larger push to standardize machine-to-machine payments. Because nothing says ‘progress’ like machines doing everything for you. 🤖

They’re even launching a NET Dollar stablecoin and a foundation with Coinbase. Because why not? The future is now, and it’s powered by crypto. 🚀

Visa and Mastercard are bullish on this ‘agentic economy,’ while Tether’s CEO predicts trillions of AI agents using Bitcoin and USDT. Because who needs sleep when you can let bots trade 24/7? 💸

These agents will be financially independent, but will they remember to tip the barista? 🫡

Who’s in Charge? Bots, of Course! 🤖

Microsoft, Shopify, and Circle are also jumping on the AI bandwagon, proving that even tech giants can’t resist the allure of automation. 🚀

Cloudflare’s Stephanie Cohen says the future is agentic, and they’re building the ‘trustworthy foundation’ for it. Because nothing says ‘trust’ like a company that once had a DDoS attack. ⚠️

The end result? AI agents negotiating, paying, and settling on platforms without human input. Because who needs empathy when you have algorithms? 🧠

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2025-10-15 22:05