Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab, having previously held off on LLM partnerships due to existing products not meeting his standards.

The Airbnb CEO said last year it hasn't struck an LLM partnership because existing products weren't quite ready.
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