GameStop has made a $55.5 billion takeover bid for eBay, valuing the deal at $125 per share. The proposal combines stock and cash and comes at a significant premium, signaling GameStop’s push to reshape eBay into a stronger Amazon rival. The move could quickly redraw competition in the online retail and marketplace arena if talks progress.
Anthropic tested agent-on-agent commerce by creating a classified marketplace where AI agents acted as both buyers and sellers. In the experiment, the agents negotiated and closed agreements for real goods, with real money involved—an early glimpse of how autonomous trading could shift from simulations to transactions.
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