Powerful new artificial-intelligence software is already shaking up the travel industry, but it has a long way to go until it can plan a seamless trip. I want to hit a history museum and an amusement park -- and then I'd like 7 p.m. dinner reservations near the hotel at a restaurant with vegan options and a great wine list." But for now, travelers using ChatGPT -- the powerful new A.I. software that is already offering creative cocktail recipes and writing college papers -- may have to temper their expectations. Oded Battat, the general manager at Traveland, a travel agency in Bridgeport, Conn., asked ChatGPT for outings he might offer his clients going to Tuscany to see if it could help him with his work. He got a list of 14 activities, including winery tours and museum visits, with a stop for gelato in the town square of the medieval hill town San Gimignano.

I want to hit a history museum and an amusement park -- and then I'd like 7 p.m. dinner reservations near the hotel at a restaurant with vegan options and a great wine list." But for now, travelers using ChatGPT -- the powerful new A.I. software that is already offering creative cocktail recipes and writing college papers -- may have to temper their expectations. Oded Battat, the general manager at Traveland, a travel agency in Bridgeport, Conn., asked ChatGPT for outings he might offer his clients going to Tuscany to see if it could help him with his work. He got a list of 14 activities, including winery tours and museum visits, with a stop for gelato in the town square of the medieval hill town San Gimignano. "I knew of all these things," Mr. Battat said, but, he added, ChatGPT saved him the hassle of collecting all the information and delivered it in a format he was able to email to one of the clients.