Delta, JPMorgan, Amazon and Yelp are all blocking AI agents from acting online
aronchick · x · 2026-10-18
A viral roundup lists major platforms blocking AI agents: Delta blocks agent-based flight booking, JPMorgan Chase and Charles Schwab block agent access to accounts, Yelp demands paid data licensing for agents, and Amazon has blocked Grok bot and other shopping agents. The quoter takes the opposite side: "They will lose, and I will use other services until they accept them. I've already changed brokerages."
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