Elon Musk recently unveiled Grok's new shopping feature: users can take a photo of their credit card and send it to the chatbox, after which Grok will search the entire web for price comparisons and automatically complete the purchase.Article author and source: AIBase
Recently, Elon Musk publicly introduced Grok's new shopping feature on social media. According to him, users simply need to take a photo of their credit card and send it to the chat box; Grok will automatically search and compare the best prices across the web, then place the order on the user’s behalf. This highly disruptive shopping concept has quickly sparked widespread discussion in the tech community.
However, the security concerns of this feature immediately drew criticism from industry peers. OpenAI executive Tibo later responded on social media, humorously posting a fabricated credit card image to highlight the significant security and privacy risks of directly photographing sensitive payment details and sending them to an AI.
Meanwhile, the implementation of this new feature has encountered obstacles. Some netizens have reported that major e-commerce giants, such as Amazon, have begun using technical measures to block Grok’s automated access. In response, Musk said Grok will find alternative solutions to complete the purchasing process and revealed that he had just successfully ordered a LEGO set from the official LEGO website using Grok.
The debate over the convenience and security boundaries of AI shopping not only reflects the intense competition among major tech giants in deploying AI agents, but also once again brings payment security and platform rivalry in the age of artificial intelligence to the forefront.