Applications News & Updates

Airbnb is planning to integrate large language models to enhance search, trip planning, and host management within its app, aiming for a more personalized and efficient experience.

Airbnb's custom-built AI agent handles a third of customer support issues in North America and aims to globally implement AI-powered voice and chat.

Didero, a startup that uses generative AI to streamline global procurement workflows, raised a $30M Series A led by Chemistry and Headline.

Runway introduces Motion Sketch, an AI-powered video creation tool that generates videos from simple doodles, marking a new format for generating video with AI. The tool still requires some hand-holding and has imperfections, but it's an exciting preview of what the future might hold.

Cemex, a global building materials company, has rolled out an AI-powered agent called LUCA Bot to support executive decision-making, providing real-time access to financial data and analytics.

Spotify has reported major increases in product velocity by utilizing AI to accelerate coding and deployment, with no engineers writing code manually since December.

Threads, a Meta-owned social network, has introduced an AI-powered feature called Dear Algo, allowing users to personalize their feed by temporarily showing or hiding specific content.

Kate Barton showcased a multilingual AI agent at New York Fashion Week, allowing guests to virtually try on pieces from her collection.

Anthropic and CodePath partnered to bring Claude to the US's largest collegiate computer science program, offering over 20,000 students access to frontier AI tools as part of their education.

Ring has ended its planned partnership with Flock Safety due to controversy surrounding AI-powered surveillance cameras. This news comes as concerns about mass surveillance in the US intensify. Ring users can still choose to share footage with law enforcement through other means.

Meta aims to launch a facial recognition feature in its smart glasses, dubbed 'Name Tag', despite previous controversies over privacy and security.

The American Arbitration Association has developed an AI-assisted arbitration platform for construction disputes, offering faster, cheaper, and more predictable resolution. The platform's president and CEO, Bridget McCormack, discusses the potential benefits and challenges of AI in dispute resolution.

T-Mobile is introducing Live Translation, a feature that translates phone calls in real-time across over 50 languages, available to beta testers by Spring.

Uber Eats has introduced Cart Assistant, an AI-powered feature that helps users manage their grocery shopping lists. The feature works with text or image prompts and will be integrated with multiple retail partners.

Google has expanded Fitbit's AI personal health coach to iOS users and multi-regional users in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.

Use AI voice apps to automate customer interactions, create narrations, and more with Zapier's pre-built workflows and powerful integrations.

Databricks' latest research highlights AI's role in speeding up data analytics, improving accuracy, and democratizing access to insights. AI can automate routine tasks, recognize patterns, and provide real-time analysis, but organizations must manage risks like bias and data quality issues.

Winn.AI, a startup providing AI-powered sales assistants, has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round.

Ambient AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that monitor their environment, interpret context, and take action based on what they observe without explicit commands.

The US government's plan to use AI avatars in rural healthcare has sparked controversy, with critics arguing that it may exacerbate existing health disparities.