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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

AI will make a list but shoppers should check it twice

One in three Australians is willing to put AI bots to work shopping on their behalf, research shows. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Christmas shopping could be a task performed by artificial intelligence bots in future, armed with a consumer's credit card, specific instructions and permission to add goods to carts across the internet. 

One in three Australians is willing to put AI bots to work on their shopping list, according to a study, but more than half hold serious concerns about their security and what happens if transactions go wrong. 

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