News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on behalf of travelers. Parent comment

Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by wholinator2 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:17PM (#50460340)
As long as you can pay the tokens. Otherwise you get to sit with the poors in the increasingly grotesque kafka madhouse, waiting in line to wait in line for the line...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by fn-mote on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:32PM (#50460507)
That is no argument - that was going to happen anyway, to prevent them from ever using valuable customer service dollars.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by zmgsabst on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:40PM (#50461908)
Correct — Amazon, Microsoft, et al were moving that direction before LLMs.
[ Parent | on HN ]