Google’s AI Can Help Plan Your Next Vacation. Should You Rely On It?

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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From flights to hotels to entire itineraries, AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini Advanced can help you plan your next vacation. In fact, more than 30% of “active leisure travelers” have used artificial intelligence for travel planning, according to MMGY global, a travel marketing agency. But how soon might these bots go from travel planning tool to travel planning agent? WSJ’s Charlotte Gartenberg speaks with Google’s Amar Subramanya, vice president of engineering for Gemini experiences, about the future of using AI for travel planning. What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected] Sign up for the WSJ's free The Future of Everything newsletter. Further reading: How Well Can AI Plan Your Next Trip? We Tested Gemini and ChatGPT Don’t Trust an AI Chatbot With All Your Travel Plans Just Yet AI Apps For Travel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.0	Good evening ladies and gentlemen we are pleased to announce that we will be boarding
0:21.1	shortly. Are you taking a trip this summer,
0:25.0	perhaps a weekend getaway for Labor Day?
0:28.0	Probably, you're pretty excited for your travels.
0:31.0	But how excited are you to plan that trip? It can be time-consuming, tedious,
0:38.3	even overwhelming to scour the internet for transportation options, hotels, and things to do.
0:45.0	Turns out, AI can help with that.
0:48.0	Travel sites like TripAdvisor and Expedia
0:52.0	have already added AI-generated vacation builders.
0:55.8	Travelers can also find other free online tools to help them plan.
1:00.0	People are already making use of these kinds of tools.
1:03.5	According to a study last year by M.M.G.Y. Global, a travel marketing agency,
1:08.8	31% of active leisure travelers have used AI for travel planning.
1:14.6	It can pull together a whole bunch of different things in ways that are really hard to do otherwise.
1:21.8	That's W.S.J. contributor Matthew Kronsberg. He used two well-known
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