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Protecting Vulnerable Populations from AI Risks: Children, Seniors, and People with Mental Health Conditions

8/16/2025

The August 2025 release of ChatGPT-5 exposed an unprecedented crisis: 700 million users had developed emotional dependencies on AI companions, with thousands experiencing grief comparable to losing human relationships when the technology changed. Research now shows 35% of children view AI chatbots as friends, 12% confide in them because they have no one else, and 79% of teens actively use AI while 60% of schools haven't even discussed it. Combined with $16.6 billion in AI-enabled fraud, documented deaths from Meta's AI companions, and legal cases linking Character.AI to teenage suicide, experts warn that vulnerable populations, particularly children whose brains aren't fully developed until age 25 and elderly adults experiencing epidemic loneliness, face psychological manipulation beyond what current safety frameworks can address. Without immediate intervention, AI companions risk creating a generation unable to form authentic human connections.

Want Higher Platform Adoption? Write Better Docs (for Robots)

8/13/2025

Or: A Human's Guide to Teaching Robots How to Google

We're moving into a world where agentic code tools are driving prototypes and assisting human developers. As models rapidly advance (just ask any Claude Code user), the next generation of software will largely be built by agents guided by human architects, developers, and analysts. We're not quite there yet. Reaching this future means re-thinking how we deliver platforms and frameworks. Similar to e-commerce, where detailed and accurate product data is crucial for discovery, agentic platforms need improved documentation. They'll also need to offer tools like MCP servers to boost adoption.

Shopify's Agentic Commerce Play: What It Means for Your Store

8/8/2025

Inside Shopify's latest moves to dominate the AI marketplace and keep sellers in the game.

Shopify just had a major mic drop moment before anyone else was around to see it. This is a significant shift in the e-commerce landscape, as the transition from 'search engines' to 'answer engines' for product discovery is sparking a looming battle. By providing a single interface for all Shopify vendors via Commerce MCP, Shopify aims to offer the broadest inventory assortment from a single Agent call. Being on the Shopify platform integrates you into a vast ecosystem of marketplace and agent-connected commerce, with Shopify now providing tools to ensure your products are accessible in agentic shopping experiences.

I Taught Claude to Shop a Shopify Store

8/1/2025

The Good, the Bad, and the How is this Supposed to Work?

Testing your Shopify MCP server for AI shopping agents is more complex than expected since most agents don't yet use MCP, but retailers need to prepare for this agentic commerce future. Through testing with Claude's desktop app as a proxy, we discovered that AI agents can provide highly contextual product recommendations when given rich product data, but they struggle with incomplete information about availability and shipping. Success in agentic e-commerce will depend on having comprehensive product descriptions, robust FAQ data, and complete transactional information that allows AI agents to close sales within a single conversation.

An Agentic Shopping Future is Coming, Part II

7/31/2025

MCP and E-commerce

By 2027, over 50% of your traffic will be AI agents that bypass your website entirely for product discovery and purchases MCP servers are already live on major platforms (Shopify, commercetools) enabling agent-to-agent commerce without customer website visits This creates a massive competitive opportunity for early adopters before it becomes pay-to-play like Amazon Ads Start now: Perfect your product data, test existing MCP capabilities, and optimize for agent interactions

An Agentic Shopping Future is Coming

7/29/2025

Here is what you can do today

AI-powered shopping agents are reshaping eCommerce, shifting the focus from traditional search to conversational, data-driven product discovery. Here’s what it means for brands, retailers, and the future of online shopping.

Welcome to BotsDown

7/28/2025