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Can AI shop and buy for me yet?

Buying inside a chatbot has launched in the US, starting with single items from Etsy sellers, but we found no checked independent test of how well AI shops for people.

  • 2 of 6Launched
  • 2pieces of evidence
The answer

Stage 2: launched.

The rule that placed itA product that does the task is available to the public. We link it and date it.

The evidenceInstant Checkout in ChatGPT (OpenAI) is available to the public. OpenAI (company-reported), Sep 29, 2025.

A stage says how far the evidence has got. It is not a rating of the AI and not advice.

  1. 1
    ClaimedEvidence found
  2. 2
    LaunchedPlaced here
  3. 3
    Independently testedNo evidence yet
  4. 4
    Tested with real peopleNo evidence yet
  5. 5
    Regulator-clearedNo approval process exists
  6. 6
    Widely used with a verified recordNo evidence yet
The evidence

Everything we found.

In ladder order, newest first within each kind. Makers' own claims are labeled as theirs.

Claimed

What the makers claim

  • OpenAI (company-reported)
    “U.S. ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Free users can now buy directly from U.S. Etsy sellers right in chat”

    OpenAI (company-reported) · Sep 29, 2025 · company-reported

Launched

What has launched

  • Instant Checkout in ChatGPT (OpenAI)

    Instant Checkout in ChatGPT (OpenAI) is available to the public.

    OpenAI (company-reported) · Sep 29, 2025

Not found in our sources yet: what independent tests found; tested with real people; how many people use it. No regulator approves AI for this task, so the approval step doesn't apply.

Beside the stage

Track record and tools.

Failures and court cases are shown beside the stage, never folded into it. Tools are listed because the evidence names them, in no order of merit.

Tools named in the evidence
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