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Airbnb CEO: Tech leaders to blame for AI’s bad name
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has said tech executives are partly responsible for AI's poor reputation, arguing the industry focuses too much on enterprise software instead of tools for ordinary people. Speaking on…
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has said tech executives are partly responsible for AI's poor reputation, arguing the industry focuses too much on enterprise software instead of tools for ordinary people. Speaking on the Yahoo Finance podcast "Power Players with Brian Sozzi," Chesky said the industry faces a narrative problem and needs to build products people love and can use daily, such as affordable on-demand doctors.
Citing Y Combinator data, Chesky noted 159 of 175 new startups are enterprise-focused. He said Silicon Valley must develop consumer applications because regular Americans do not like AI, according to polls, despite the technology's potential to improve lives.
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Chesky's complaint is convenient from a CEO whose own platform leans on AI summaries, yet he has a point. The valley loves selling efficiency to businesses, not delight to users, so people see AI as a cost-cutter, not a helper. Watch whether a breakout consumer AI app emerges that people pay for willingly. If not, the bad name is earned, not just narrated.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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