A team probed OpenAI's ChatGPT plugin search with 3,000 queries and a paired prompt evaluation, finding that the catalog surfaced only 152 distinct plugins, more than half of which serve business user…
The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) project added a draft Lodging Booking specification to its GitHub repository on Sept. 25, and Google's developer documentation states the company plans to adopt t…
Meta's personal AI agent Muse is rolling out commerce integrations with Shopify, PayPal, Instacart and Expedia, opening a "connector platform" that lets third parties plug services into Muse so the ag…
Chrome 149's open origin trial for WebMCP (Web Model Context Protocol), a browser-native standard co-authored by Google and Microsoft, lets websites register JavaScript tools or HTML form annotations …
Senator Mark Warner introduced the AI AGENT Act (S.5051) on July 21, 2026, which would require AI agents to register with the FTC before accessing platforms with 50 million or more U.S. monthly users,…
ServiceNow is hiring a Sr Staff AI Engineer for its Veza identity security unit, offering $172k–301k/yr for a remote role based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The engineer will architect production-grade …
Chrome 149 opened the WebMCP origin trial, a browser-native API co-authored by Google and Microsoft that lets AI agents call a website's JavaScript functions directly, with Expedia, Shopify, Etsy, and…
Google announced on August 27 that AI Mode in Search can now track flight prices from more than 300 partner airlines and travel sites, show points and miles rates, and complete some hotel bookings thr…
Google is testing agentic hotel bookings within its AI Mode search interface in the United States, partnering with Booking.com, Expedia, Marriott, and IHG to let users complete reservations without le…
Google has begun rolling out hotel booking through AI Mode in Search for U.S. users in English, allowing eligible reservations via a 'Continue on Google' flow with Google Pay, with initial partners in…
Google has rolled out three new travel features in AI Mode within Google Search, enabling users to track flight prices, view points or miles rates, and book hotels directly through conversational sear…
Google announced Thursday that its AI Mode conversational search experience can now track flight prices, book hotels, and display costs in points or miles, positioning it as an AI travel agent. Flight…
Trivago CEO Johannes Thomas credits AI for the company's 21% second-quarter revenue growth to 168.4 million euros ($196.4 million), and he now spends over half his time on AI transformation. Thomas ad…
ServiceNow's Veza is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer for AI/ML with a salary range of $172k–301k/yr, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with remote work options. The role involves architecting a…
Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre reported that AI demand and adoption are fueling a travel booking stock boom, with shares of Trivago (TRVG), Airbnb (ABNB), Expedia (EXPE), Delta Air…
The next AI winners may be travel companies using AI to cut costs and boost productivity, not just chipmakers like Nvidia or Micron, according to a Yahoo Finance analysis. Airbnb reports that nearly 4…
Martin Spier, who leads the ChatGPT performance team at OpenAI, said that the company is facing challenges from two simultaneous accelerations: faster user growth and faster development workflows driv…
Fora Travel, the AI-powered travel agent platform, has appointed Alanna Gregory as its first chief marketing officer, effective immediately. Gregory, who previously served as VP of marketing at Block,…
Google's WebMCP browser standard, co-authored with Microsoft and available in Chrome 149 since May, lets websites expose machine-readable tools to AI agents, with early benchmarks showing 8 to 12 time…
TravelAI, a Canadian AI travel company, purchased the Sonder brand and relaunched Sonder.com, though the deal did not include Sonder properties or its operating business. CEO John Lyotier said the bra…