Airbnb is working on an AI travel agent

Airbnb plans to rotation retired an AI cause successful the archetypal fractional of 2027 that volition assistance users program and publication travel, the institution said successful its Q3 2026 net shareholder missive released today.

"Today's AI agents are bully astatine simple, regular tasks, similar making a edifice preservation oregon scheduling an appointment," Airbnb said. "But readying a travel connected Airbnb is different." The institution argued that its acquisition matching hosts and guests, its existent relation successful being portion of reservations already, and a "new interface" built "specifically for travel" gives it an edge.

Here's however Airbnb says that caller interface volition work:

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