AI‑Run Store Creates Liability Gap

Giving an AI agent corporate credentials, a credit card, and authority to sign contracts exposes a regulatory and legal gap: who is accountable when an AI hires staff, signs leases, orders goods, or makes payments? The scenario creates practical questions about contract validity, consumer protection, payroll/employment law, and fraud prevention that existing legal frameworks do not directly address. — Policymakers, courts, and businesses will need to clarify who bears legal and financial responsibility as agents move from online tasks into real‑world commercial agency.