Rome, Italy — A new autonomous ChatGPT agent can scan online travel agencies in seconds and lock down a Rome hotel room without a single click from you.

ROME — Booking a hotel in the Eternal City has always meant toggling through tabs, battling pop-ups and second-guessing neighborhood names. That ritual may be fading. A recently released autonomous version of ChatGPT has proved it can translate a vague request—“find me a place to stay in Rome”—into a confirmed reservation in just minutes, according to a commentary published on industry site Hospitality Net.