United Blocks Personal AI Agents from Booking Flights, Will Other Airlines Follow?
United Airlines just became the first U.S. airline to block unauthorized third-party AI agents, such as xAI’s Grok Bot and Meta’s Muse, from booking flights. The Chicago-based airline's announcement says the ban applies to its own website and app, as well as to bookings made indirectly through travel agencies and other third-party aggregators. To be clear: Your personal AI assistant can still pull...