Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be...
by jerf on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:19PM
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Yeah, this has that schoolyard "hey, no fair winning, new rule only I get the good ball!" energy all over it.
Unfortunately I expect this to get continually worse for the foreseeable future. We already have "we can use AI to crack things but you can't" pretty well in place and that is just the harbinger. Companies can use AIs to "nudge" is to their heart's content but we can't use AI to counter it is pretty obviously going to be something they push for.
Unfortunately I expect this to get continually worse for the foreseeable future. We already have "we can use AI to crack things but you can't" pretty well in place and that is just the harbinger. Companies can use AIs to "nudge" is to their heart's content but we can't use AI to counter it is pretty obviously going to be something they push for.