Uber Wants To Be an AI Company Too

On top of its sprawling ride-share and delivery service empire, Uber now also wants to be an AI company.

The company’s third quarter earnings call on Tuesday morning was evidence of this, as Uber executives shared all the ways that they were hoping to drive earnings growth for the company. Two of the five core strategic areas that executives will be focusing on are AI-related.

The first one is a recently announced pilot program that allows the drivers and couriers using the app to make a…