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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by olouv on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:15PM (#50459468)
Not sure how they can detect an agent driving a regular browser, I have built Cupertino to more efficiently let Claude drive my mac (https://cupertino.mgcrea.io) and it can drive a regular Safari exactly like I would.
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by thomasahle on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:17PM (#50459490)
They can look at things like the path the mouse takes, or the distribution in delays of actions.

Probably many other things too. But it's an arms race.

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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by QGQBGdeZREunxLe on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:14PM (#50461676)
Eventually they will end up banning legitimate users.
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by shepherdjerred on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:53PM (#50460022)
They can't. Maybe they can today, but it's a cat-and-mouse game that heavily favors the agent.
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by pixeljam on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:02PM (#50460153)
How is Cupertino any different to AppleScript (and enabling AppleScript in chrome), out of curiosity?
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