US and China take different approaches to bringing AI agents to consumers

US firms are building assistants first, then letting them use other companies' websites and services, as with OpenAI's dots and Meta's Muse.

Chinese players such as Tencent's Xiaowei sit inside super-app WeChat and can place orders from businesses already on the platform.

Source notes Tencent earns no new fees from these purchases and that early tests show mistakes, and that Amazon has blocked Muse.