Anthropic's Claude Duet agent buys with a virtual card and blocks ID leaks

On October 21, Anthropic released a waitlisted research preview of Claude Duet. The proactive AI agent makes purchases on behalf of a user but won’t share credit card numbers or government IDs. US Pro and Max subscribers get it first. Stripe’s Link wallet asks users to approve each spend Claude Duet shops online using Link, a digital wallet from Stripe, and checks out using Shop Pay from Shopify. Per Anthropic’s announcement , it confirms the item, Link asks the user to approve the spend, and a virtual card pays so the real card number isn’t shared. For business owners, the agent can look through Stripe for unpaid invoices and draft reminders.

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