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Airbnb has been introducing AI features within its app over time, and CEO Brian Chesky said Friday that the company plans to include features that leverage large-scale language models to help users search for properties, plan trips and help hosts manage their properties. Chesky said on the company’s fourth quarter conference call that the company wants to increase its use of large-scale language models for customer discovery, support and engineering. “We’re building an AI-native experience where the app doesn’t just search you, it knows you. This helps guests plan their entire trip, helps hosts run their businesses better, and helps…

Carl Smith | F Stop | Getty ImagesSocial Security benefits are typically adjusted annually for inflation. COLAs for Social Security recipients hit record highs in 2022 and 2023, with annual growth rates rising to 5.9% and 8.7%, respectively. However, as the pace of inflation subsided, so did the annual COLA increases. The cost of living adjustment for 2026 was 2.8%. This resulted in an average increase of about $56 per month for retirees, with higher Medicare premiums offsetting that increase for some beneficiaries.Now, new government inflation data in January suggests that the cost of living adjustment could be even lower…

Investor Matt Schumer sparked a firestorm on social media this week with an essay warning of the disruptive potential of AI. “It wasn’t meant to scare people,” he said after more than 80 million views.”Let me be clear on this: this article was not intended to scare people in this way,” Schumer said Friday on CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” “If I had known how widespread this was going to be, I would have thought about certain parts and definitely rewritten some parts.”The essay “Something Big is Happening” details Schumer’s recent experiences with artificial intelligence. In it, he argues that the capabilities…

Matt Weston won gold in the men’s skeleton, earning Team GB’s first medal of the Winter Olympics.Weston, the current Skeleton World Champion, took the lead overnight, finishing +0.88 seconds faster than the other competitors in all four heats in 3:43.33. On his fourth and final run, he became the first British man to win a gold medal in skeleton and was greeted with jubilant cheers from his fiancée and family in the stands. image: Britain’s Matt Weston celebrates after winning gold in men’s skeleton After four fourth-place finishes, this medal ends Team GB’s wait for their first medal at the…

More than a dozen actors perform a traditional lion dance in front of Tod Town Shopping Mall during the opening of the Xinzhuang Lantern Festival ahead of the Lunar New Year in Shanghai, China, February 13, 2026.Ying Tan | Null Photo | Getty ImagesThe Year of the Horse begins this weekend, and Chinese artificial intelligence companies are pouring money into what’s being dubbed the “Lunar New Year AI War.”To win prime placement for its Doubao AI model, TikTok owner ByteDance is handing out 100,000 prizes, including luxury cars, at the country’s major holiday TV gala. They are also handing out…

Nicholas Cocobris | Null Photo | Getty ImagesElon Musk’s xAI, which merged with SpaceX last week, is facing increasing pressure from environmental and civil rights groups over contamination concerns, this time at its facility in South Haven, Mississippi. On Friday, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, on behalf of the NAACP, sent a notice of intent to sue xAI and its subsidiary, MZ Tech LLC, alleging that the company’s use of dozens of natural gas-burning turbines requires federal permits, violates the Clean Air Act, and harms nearby communities. Pollution from the turbines that xAI also uses at its Colossus…

A U.S. court has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to expedite the return of Babson College student Any Lucia López-Belloza, who was wrongfully deported last year.In Tuesday’s ruling, U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns gave the government two weeks to take steps toward López-Belloza’s reinstatement.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listHe claimed the order was an opportunity to right a “wrong” but did not rule out the possibility of insulting the government if it did not take the necessary steps.”Wisdom advises that salvation may be found in admitting and correcting one’s own mistakes,” Stearns wrote.”In this unfortunate incident, the government…

Manchester City extended their lead at the top of the Women’s Super League to 11 points in great style with a 6-0 victory over bottom club Leicester City.A showdown between top and bottom is unlikely to bring any surprises, and that was the case, with City leading by four points at half-time. However, the league leaders were given a scare when Alisha Lehmann rattled a post towards the visitors early in the game. But that chance only woke up City, who were dominated by Lauren Hemp’s direct running, creating two assists and six chances. She set up Bunny Shaw’s opening…

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem of Dubai speaks at a press conference in New York City, November 10, 2005. Tama Mario | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe CEO of Dubai’s largest port was replaced by the company after details of his past relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made public.On Friday, DP World announced in a statement that it had appointed Essa Kazim as chairman of the board and Yuvraj Narayan as group chief executive officer, replacing Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.The latest release of Epstein-related files by the U.S. Department of Justice reveals that the financier once…

The Seahawks may have won the Super Bowl, but Anthropic also walked away with bragging rights, according to data analyzed by BNP Paribas.The maker of the Claude chatbot saw a 6.5% increase in visitors to its site following a Super Bowl ad that pushed back against rival OpenAI’s decision to introduce ads on ChatGPT.Claude’s gains put it in the top 10 free apps on the Apple App Store, beating out its chatbot and artificial intelligence competitor OpenAI. google with gemini meta. Daily active users also increased by 11% post-match, the most significant increase within the company’s AI coverage. After the…