📝 Introducing the Machine Payments Protocol AI is evolving from question-and-answer chatbots to autonomous agents that can make comprehensive plans, execute actions, and evaluate outcomes. We believe agents will become an integral part of the internet economy, and they need the ability to transact with businesses and one another. However, the tools of the current financial system were built for humans, so agents struggle to use them. Making a purchase today can require an agent to create an…