
- Airbnb’s CTO hiring news seemingly confirms Apple’s long-rumored self-driving car project
- It adds context to Apple’s broader AI strategy, especially with the Google partnership news
- It also shows off Airbnb's AI ambitions, which are decidedly focused on the human element
Apple is known for being one of the most secretive companies in tech, rarely confirming projects in development and typically announcing new hardware or software only when the timing is right. Entire initiatives can live – and quietly die – inside Cupertino without ever being publicly acknowledged.