Snap CEO praises AI for writing two-thirds of the company’s code but warns fellow tech executives underestimate ‘societal pushback’ to the tech
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel highlighted the company's deep integration of AI, noting it now writes two-thirds of Snap's code, while cautioning that tech leaders underestimate public resistance to AI advancements. Despite Snap's growth in users and revenue, surveys show widespread public skepticism and employee distrust toward AI, including concerns about job losses and inadequate regulation. Spiegel emphasized the need for the tech industry to prioritize humanity's well-being over short-term profits when developing AI technologies.
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Snap, the tech company behind the social media app SnapChat, introduced on Tuesday AI Sponsored Snaps, an advertising tool that will allow users to chat with AI bots from a brand partnered with the social media platform. It’s one of the many ways the company has continued to lean into AI. But Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said the pivot toward new technologies won’t necessarily help the company score any popularity points.Recommended Video “I think technology leaders think that folks will just blindly adopt new technology as it comes out,” Spiegel said in an episode of “Lenny’s Podcast” earlier this week, “And I think we’re going to enter a period of time where there’s going to be a huge amount of societal pushback on a lot of the changes that are coming with AI.” Spiegel has touted Snap’s own…
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