Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function
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When a consumer marketplace can spin up and test an AI-powered search toggle quickly, the bar for experimentation speed just moved. If your product org can’t ship and A/B an AI surface in a similar cadence, you’re not competing on UX anymore, you’re competing on release velocity.
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