Airbnb built an AI that turns design sketches into product source code

Airbnb is betting big on automation. The company is currently developing a new AI system that will empower its designers and product engineers to literally take ideas from the drawing board and turn them into actual products almost instantaneously. The AI-powered solution aims to simplify the overall product development routine by focusing on testing functional prototypes, rather than bouncing half-assed modules and components between different teams. “The time required to test an idea should be zero.” said Airbnb design technology lead Benjamin Wilkins. “As it stands now, every step in the design process and every artifact produced is a dead…

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