Airbnb CEO: AI agents need their own operating system
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TechCrunch reported on October 1, 2026 that Airbnb shipped AI search in its fall update this week. CEO Brian Chesky said chatbots don't fit e-commerce, and that over the next three to six months Airbnb will explore "multiplayer" AI interfaces that several people can use at once. He said the industry lacks an operating system built for AI, that AI should run at the kernel level, and that ChatGPT's app store attempt early last year fell short for lack of an SDK and OS.
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- TechCrunch · AIBrian Chesky interview: AI agents need their own operating system
Airbnb 本周随秋季更新上线 AI 搜索，CEO Brian Chesky 表示聊天机器人不适合电商，未来三到六个月将探索支持多人同时使用的“multiplayer”AI 界面。他认为行业缺少真正为 AI 打造的操作系统，AI 应在内核层运行，并称 ChatGPT 去年初的应用商店尝试因缺少 SDK 和操作系统而效果不佳。
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