🚨💥 Hold onto your wallets, fam! Visa just dropped the **Trusted Agent Protocol** like it’s a hot mixtape, and it’s giving "AI shopping spree" vibes as strong as your mom’s credit card on Black Friday! 💳🔥 So, what’s this all about? 🤔 Basically, they’re handing retail merchants a magical shield 🛡️ against those pesky, money-stealing bots that think they’re hot stuff but are actually just a bunch of wannabe hackers with a bad haircut. Imagine trying to figure out if your online shopper is a slick AI assistant or a bot trying to buy 10,000 toilet rolls with a stolen credit card 💩😱—yeah, not a vibe. But wait, there’s more! This tech aims to make “agentic commerce” a thing 👾. *Translation:* Let AI do your shopping while you binge-watch Netflix without the cringe of overflowing shopping carts! But let’s be real, we still gotta teach those AIs the difference between a Gucci bag and the dumpster behind your local fast-food joint. 🤷‍♂️👜💩 **Leaked developer quote:** “We just wanted to ensure our AI shopping assistants weren’t trying to pull a fast one! 😂” All this chaos is happening while AI traffic to U.S. retail sites has surged 4,700%, and honestly, at this point, you might as well throw a party for the bots! 🤖🕺 UNHINGED PREDICTION ALERT: By 2025, you’ll be swiping your credit card at virtual stores *hosted by AI avatars* of your favorite celebrities! 💰👑 And honestly, *that* sounds way more lit than my boring reality. Stay woke, folks! 🚀💥