The company has a partnership with OpenAI for its Yahoo News mobile app and is using AI to revamp its older web products and services. However, Yahoo has not revealed much about the underlying technology for the AI summaries and declined to share more about the technology or when it would launch publicly. The company's continued investment in AI suggests it is betting on the technology to attract a new audience to its products and services.
Key takeaways:
- Yahoo is continuing to invest in AI-powered features, recently launching AI capabilities for Yahoo Mail and an AI-powered version of its Yahoo News app.
- The company is also testing an AI summaries feature on its Yahoo News website, which would allow users to quickly catch up on news without reading entire articles.
- Yahoo has a partnership with OpenAI for its Yahoo News mobile app and is leveraging technology from its acquisition of Artifact.
- Despite these advancements, the AI summaries feature on Yahoo News is not related to its acquisition of the AI news app created by Instagram’s founders.