it's been a minute since that round, so i my memory might be a bit foggy about the Cellular Shopper bug. the previous turn that happened, that same AI actually ended up obtaining the Cellular Shopper item. i don't remember exactly which space on the board but from memory, they were somewhere near the top left portion of the board.
something interesting as well, the ai fixed itself when reloading the turn, not by actually using the item the way it's supposed to be used, but rather by waiting a whole turn later to use it instead. so maybe it was some sort of ai mix-up that caused the ai to change its mind midaction? i don't know, the bug is weird.