Google announces a new protocol to facilitate commerce using AI agents

Google today announced a new open standard, called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI agent-based shopping, at the ...

A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google’s AI agent shopping protocol — Google says she’s wrong

A consumer economics watchdog says Google's new Universal Commerce Protocol is ripe for misuse where consumers could pay more ...
American Banker

Google unveils new agentic commerce protocol for retailers

Universal Commerce Protocol is an open standard that establishes a common language for AI agents and systems to work together ...

Google debuts Universal Commerce Protocol to streamline agentic shopping automation

Google LLC has unveiled a new open commerce standard that’s designed to enable artificial intelligence agents to automate the ...

Universal Commerce Protocol: New Standard for Online Shopping

Google, Shopify, and others have developed a new standard to make it easier for AI agents to go on shopping sprees.
ExtremeTech

Google's New Protocol Lets You Shop, Check Out Within Search and Gemini

Payment processors like Stripe and Visa have endorsed the protocol, which was developed in partnership with Shopify, Etsy, ...

Google Announces AI Mode Checkout Protocol, Business Agent

Google announced checkout capabilities in AI Mode and a new Business Agent feature that puts branded AI chat on Search ...

What is Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and what are its implications for retail?

Business Agent, and Direct Offers, Google began 2026 with an ambitious commitment to e-commerce, in partnership with some of ...
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Visa Introduces Trusted Agent Protocol: An Ecosystem-Led Framework for AI Commerce

Amidst 4,700% surge in AI-driven traffic to U.S. retail sites, new protocol enables safer agent-driven checkout by helping merchants verify agents and avoid malicious bots Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today ...