Yelp and Delta block autonomous AI agents from booking and browsing
Users of Meta's Muse, xAI's Grok, OpenAI's Dots, and Instinct report that AI agents are being blocked from completing tasks on major websites. Yelp said it only allows agents that pay for its data licensing program, and Delta Air Lines is preventing agents from booking tickets, per The Verge.
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