{"id":205011,"date":"2026-04-23T04:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/merchants-see-a-bigger-ai-prize-if-consumers-trust-the-system\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:10:13","slug":"merchants-see-a-bigger-ai-prize-if-consumers-trust-the-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/merchants-see-a-bigger-ai-prize-if-consumers-trust-the-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Merchants See a Bigger AI Prize if Consumers Trust the System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/merchants-see-a-bigger-ai-prize-if-consumers-trust-the-system\/\">Merchants See a Bigger AI Prize if Consumers Trust the System<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/merchants-see-a-bigger-ai-prize-if-consumers-trust-the-system\/\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/merchants-see-a-bigger-ai-prize-if-consumers-trust-the-system\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-23 04:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pymnts.com\">www.pymnts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Autonomous commerce is already influencing consumer spending and its expansion hinges on trust in addition to sophisticated technology.<\/li>\n<li>The PYMNTS Intelligence report reveals that the adoption of artificial intelligence in autonomous commerce relies heavily on trust, transparency, and user control rather than mere exposure or familiarity.<\/li>\n<li>Consumers show varying degrees of willingness towards automated offer management based on the amount of control they are willing to relinquish.<\/li>\n<li>In lower-stakes scenarios, such as choosing the best payment method, consumers are more comfortable with automation compared to decisions involving product choice or spending limits.<\/li>\n<li>There is a significant divide among consumers: some are open to automation for convenience and savings, while others are reluctant and require explicit control over actions.<\/li>\n<li>The challenge lies in designing automation systems that align with consumer preferences and comfort levels, framing automation as a service rather than an imposition.<\/li>\n<li>For businesses, automation should be introduced gradually, offering users the option to incrementally opt-in to more advanced capabilities to build trust over time.<\/li>\n<li>Success in one automated interaction, such as an automatic discount, can lead to broader acceptance and growth in the market for these automated services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merchants See a Bigger AI Prize if Consumers Trust the System https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/merchants-see-a-bigger-ai-prize-if-consumers-trust-the-system\/ Publish Date: 2026-04-23&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/trust-AI-commerce-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-205011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205013,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205011\/revisions\/205013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}