Airbnb is adding James Manyika, Google’s “AI ambassador,” to its board of directors.
Airbnb is adding James Manyika, Google's"AI ambassador," to its board of directors, the company said Monday.
Manyika, who is Google's head of Research, Technology and Society, reports to CEO Sundar Pichai, and is also a vice chair of the National AI Advisory Committee. Manyika's addition underscores CEO Brian Chesky's ambitions in artificial intelligence, which Chesky has said will radically change the Airbnb platform by 2024.
In early August, Chesky said on the Airbnb earnings call that generative AI has the ability to create an entirely new interface for the platform, based on personalization. He wants the company's integration of the new technology to result in more than a chatbot.
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