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- AI agents face a growing blockade on the internet
TMTPost reports that major platforms are restricting autonomous AI agents, with Amazon reportedly blocking Meta Muse from shopping on users’ behalf and warning that unauthorized agent access would violate its terms. Other reported restrictions include U.S. banks blocking agents from customer accounts and the Doubao phone assistant being denied automated access to 155 apps. The report also examines proposed alternatives such as verifiable agent identities, scoped authorization and dedicated agent networks, while noting that these approaches remain early and unresolved.
钛媒体 · 🔥 0 - Meta's Muse and rival AI agents hit platform blockades as sites shut them out
Meta's Muse, xAI's Grok, OpenAI's Dots and startup Instinct's agent have been restricted or blocked on sites including Amazon, Yelp, eBay, Delta Air Lines, Adidas and JPMorgan Chase, according to a 智东西 report citing foreign media such as The Verge and TechCrunch. In China, Doubao's mobile assistant said 155 apps — among them WeChat, Taobao, Alipay, Meituan, Kimi and DeepSeek — refused its automated operations when its screen-automation declaration protocol (SAEP) closed public comment on October 14. Meta said refusing personal agents means refusing their customers and that it prefers working with retailers such as Walmart, Gap, Sephora and Best Buy, while Alibaba's Qwen Go keeps tasks inside its own Taobao and Alipay ecosystem; Meta and Sierra are also reported to be leading a personal-agent protocol that OpenAI and Anthropic have not joined.
智东西 · 🔥 0 - Yelp rolls out Check for Me, an AI agent that calls restaurants to check wait times
Yelp is rolling out Check for Me, a feature on restaurant pages in its app where users enter party size and phone number and an AI voice agent calls the restaurant to check wait times, then texts back results within a few minutes, CNET and TechCrunch report. Yelp Assistant is also adding an OpenTable integration for booking without leaving the app, personalization based on past chats and review history, 30 days of visible chat history, custom reminders through Keep Me Posted, weather-aware booking prompts and user-built lists. Yelp is separately releasing Smart Lead Reply, a $30-per-month paid tool that lets business owners have an agent reply to and qualify customer inquiries, and will begin showing weekly personalized recommendations based on saved items next month.
CNET · 🔥 0 - Banks and airlines move to block AI agents, citing security and revenue
A Token Moment article republished by Huxiu AI says Citigroup, Bank of America and JPMorgan have restricted AI agents' access to accounts, and Delta Air Lines does not allow agents to book tickets, with the stated reasons centering on security risk and effects on advertising and ancillary-service revenue. Citing the Financial Times, the piece says Citigroup and Bank of America worry agents chasing higher yields for users could drain deposits, and that JPMorgan, Bank of America and Wells Fargo alone hold $1.6 trillion in non-interest-bearing deposits. It also says Amazon previously barred Grok Bot from shopping for users, that Booking refuses agents while Expedia partners with them, and that Yelp requires agents to negotiate data authorization first.
虎嗅 AI · 🔥 0 - Schwab, JPMorgan, Citi and Bank of America Restrict Third-Party AI Agents
Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster told Bloomberg Television that the brokerage is blocking unauthorised AI agents, including Meta's Muse, from moving client money; he said the firm and clients cannot control such agents and liability is unclear, and that the big agents are blocked in the tens and twenties each week. Schwab will let outside models check balances and do research through controlled MCP servers, but not move money, and it wants clients to use its own assistant Charley. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said on the bank's earnings call that it will not let outside agents act inside its systems. Citigroup said it does not allow third-party AI agents or assistants to log into customer accounts or transact on its digital banking platform. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said the bank restricts agents' access to consumer deposits and wants human authorization before money leaves an account. Reports cite concern that agents could shift idle cash into higher-yield accounts; Apollo's Torsten Slok noted JPMorgan, Bank of America and Wells Fargo hold about $1.6 trillion in non-interest-bearing deposits. Regulators privately welcomed the restrictions, the reports said.
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