How Yelp's latest AI updates better connect restaurant owners and diners

Yelp Yelp began revamping its offerings with generative AI as the technology became popular. Now, the restaurant and business review platform's latest update continues improving the service with new AI features and updates. Also: A few secretive AI companies could crush free society, researchers warn On Tuesday, Yelp's spring release included 15 new features and updates to its platform. The two biggest standouts are AI-powered updates to its Yelp Assistant, which helps connect users to local professionals for their task needs, and Yelp Guest Manager, to give diners and restaurants a better understanding of when they can dine. Yelp Assistant Yelp Assistant, which launched a year ago, is designed to help users find service professionals for anything from home improvements to haircuts using a conversational chatbot interface. Using Yelp Assistant is as easy as giving the chatbot details that may help it understand the project or task you are trying to solve. Now it is getting even ea ... Read full article.