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The end of ads: Coinbase engineer says AI agents could kill the internet’s favorite business model

The end of ads: Coinbase engineer says AI agents could kill the internet’s favorite business model

2026-05-07

Erik Reppel, who created the x402 protocol, said that the web economy depends heavily on advertising revenue generated from humans. AI agents bypass that system entirely.

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