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In November, Airbnb acquired a stealth AI firm launched by Siri’s co-founder, called GamePlanner.AI. The deal valued the secretive startup at around $200 million, according to reports. Though the hosting company didn’t telegraph its plans for GamePlanner at the time, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky today shared a high-level overview of Airbnb’s larger plans for AI, saying that it planned to accel at the “application layer” of AI, building one of the “most innovative AI interfaces ever created.” Hyperbole aside, Chesky explained that Airbnb doesn’t see itself as an AI infrastructure company — meaning it’s not going to build its own large language models, but will rely on AI technologies from others, like OpenAI, Meta and Google. Instead, the company believes it can create a new interface for accessing modern AI models. That’s something the GamePlanner acquisition could help with. “…Though the [AI] models are very powerful, the interface is really not an AI interface. It’s the sam

Airbnb plans to use AI, including its GamePlanner acquisition, to create the 'ultimate concierge' | TechCrunch Image Credits: Michael Nagle / Bloomberg / Getty Images AI Airbnb plans to use AI, including its GamePlanner acquisition, to create the ‘ultimate concierge’ Sarah Perez 2:17 PM PST · February 13, 2024 In November, Airbnb acquired a stealth AI firm launched by Siri’s co-founder, called GamePlanner.AI. The deal valued the secretive startup at around $200 million, according to reports. Though the hosting company didn’t telegraph its plans for GamePlanner

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