Google unveils the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), a new open standard that lets AI agents work across different parts of the customer’s buying process (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google unveils the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), a new open standard that lets AI agents work across different parts of the customer's buying process  —  Google today announced a new open standard, called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI agent-based shopping, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference.