OpenAI rolls out a Wallet that can buy for you OpenAI’s new Wallet feature lets ChatGPT place orders using the user’s payment data.[^1][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8] The move turns a conversational assistant into a chec…

Engadget reports that the feature enables AI agents to make purchases on a user’s behalf once the user links a bank account or card.[^1][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8] No other details are provided, but the headline alon…

How the feature actually works The rollout is limited to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, according to the Engadget piece.[^2][^3][^5][^6][^7][^8] Users must opt‑in, attach a payment method, and then invoke a purchase comman…

Because the feature lives inside the same cloud environment that powers the language model, the same API keys that generate text also carry payment credentials. That conflation of conversational and financial APIs is …