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At Goldman Sachs' Communacopia + Technology Conference, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky told CNBC's David Faber that AI is neither good nor bad by nature, comparing it to nuclear power that can either power a city or destroy one. He framed AI's rise as a 'cognitive revolution' that could make humans smarter rather than replace them, urging people to ride the technological shift instead of being overwhelmed by it.
Roame, a Y Combinator-backed search engine that helps travelers find flight and hotel award seats using points and miles, is hiring a Content Editor. The role focuses on building a repeatable, partly automated video production system rather than manual editing, aimed at quickly publishing time-sensitive content like mistake fares and transfer bonuses.
A CNET food writer explains she's stopped hauling full kitchen kits to vacation rentals and Airbnbs after finding most are reasonably well-stocked, but she still always packs one specific item: a Microplane zester. She argues that while knives, spatulas and other basics are usually available, this fine grater is rarely provided and has no real substitute for tasks like zesting citrus or grating cheese and garlic.
Writer Jordan Andersen expands on a post by Disesdi Shoshana Cox questioning why, despite AI supposedly boosting developer productivity tenfold, no wave of new billion-dollar startups comparable to Airbnb, Stripe, or Dropbox has emerged. Instead, the biggest winners of the generative AI boom are AI companies themselves—OpenAI, Anthropic, and High-Flyer—while broader effects include cluttered inboxes, spammy social content, and degraded search results.