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Airbnb is leveraging AI to significantly speed up its product development cycle, reducing the time from concept to launch by 60%. This has allowed the company to increase the number of features and improvements by nearly 80% compared to the same period last year. AI is being used in various areas such as search, sign-up, checkout, and payments, with a new AI search feature being tested that allows users to input natural language queries. While consumer-facing AI features have been slower to roll out, Airbnb's backend operations, particularly customer support, have seen substantial AI integration, reducing support costs and improving efficiency.