OpenAI has started to roll out its advanced voice mode to a small
number of ChatGPT Plus subscribers. The feature was delayed for safety
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BIG TECH & STARTUPS
OPENAI STARTS ROLLING OUT ITS HER-LIKE VOICE MODE FOR CHATGPT (2
MINUTE READ) [6]
OpenAI has started to roll out its advanced voice mode to a small
number of ChatGPT Plus subscribers. The feature was previously
criticized for sounding similar to Scarlett Johansson and was delayed
for safety reasons. OpenAI has implemented four preset voices trained
with voice actors. The new mode will likely be available to all
ChatGPT Plus users in the fall.
META'S NEW AI STUDIO HELPS YOU CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOM AI CHATBOTS (4
MINUTE READ) [7]
Meta's new AI Studio allows users to create, share, and discover AI
chatbots. Creators will be able to create AI chatbots as extensions of themselves - no technical skills required. The feature has started
rolling out to Instagram Business accounts in the US and will expand
to all Meta users over the next few weeks. It will be accessible
through the web, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp.
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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
YOUR NEW AI FRIEND IS ALMOST READY TO MEET YOU (6 MINUTE READ) [8]
'Friend' is an AI Friend designed to be supportive, validating,
encouraging, and accessible to users all the time. The Friend device
is a round glowing orb that can be worn around the neck or clipped
onto clothes or accessories. The orb can record prompts, but it can
only communicate back through text via the Friend app on mobile. The
Friend device will ship next January for $99 with no ongoing
subscription fee.
NEURALINK RIVAL SYNCHRON'S BRAIN IMPLANT NOW LETS PEOPLE CONTROL
APPLE'S VISION PRO WITH THEIR MINDS (4 MINUTE READ) [9]
Neurotech startup Synchron has connected its brain implant to Apple's
Vision Pro headset, allowing patients with limited physical mobility
to control the device using only their thoughts. The company is
building a brain-computer interface to help patients with paralysis to
operate technology with their minds. It has implanted its device in
six patients in the US and four in Australia. The device still needs
approval from the US Food and Drug Administration before it can be commercialized more broadly.
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MAKE SOFTWARE SIMPLE AGAIN (5 MINUTE READ) [12]
The software industry is more driven by profit and unnecessary
complexity than by the ability to build and launch innovative
products. Companies can save a lot of money by leaving the cloud. The
old pricing model where users pay once for software rather than
through monthly subscriptions can be very appealing to customers, but
it makes it more difficult to scale a company if customers only pay
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MISCELLANEOUS
CROWDSTRIKE'S IMPACT ON AVIATION (7 MINUTE READ) [13]
An update to a sensor configuration by CrowdStrike on July 19 caused
the largest IT outage in history. The outage affected many industries
- this article looks at its impact on the US aviation industry. Delta
was hit the hardest, followed by United, and to a significantly
smaller degree, American. Southwest didn't appear to be affected by
the outage at all. Delta took an extended time to recover and had to
cancel thousands of flights in the days following the CrowdStrike
update.
AMAZON MUST RECALL DANGEROUS PRODUCTS PROPERLY Ä EVEN ONES SOLD BY THIRD-PARTIES (3 MINUTE READ) [14]
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has ruled that Amazon, not third-party sellers, is responsible for properly recalling hazardous
items sold on its marketplace. Amazon failed to adequately notify the
public about more than 400,000 recalled products sold between 2018 and
2021. The company downplayed the severity of hazards, telling
customers about 'potential safety issues' rather than explicitly
labeling recalls. Amazon now has a page dedicated to recalls that
allows users to view product recalls and safety information for items
they bought on Amazon.
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Waymo logged more than 903,000 commercial driverless vehicle miles
over more than 133,000 paid trips in May.
WHAT WE GOT WRONG ABOUT HTTP IMPORTS (8 MINUTE READ) [16]
Deno's implementation for HTTP imports came with significant
tradeoffs - this post discusses why the approach didn't scale and how
to overcome those challenges.
INSIDE CROWDSTRIKE'S DEPLOYMENT PROCESS (10 MINUTE READ) [17]
This post breaks down CrowdStrike's deployment processes, which were
detailed in the company's Preliminary Post Incident Review of the July
19th outage.
ASK HN: WEIRDEST COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE? (HACKER NEWS THREAD) [18]
A discussion of interesting architectures and computing concepts.
MAKING MACHINES MOVE (18 MINUTE READ) [19]
Fly.io's Fly Machines can run Docker images on hardware anywhere in
the world in just minutes.
THE END OF THE EVERYTHING CLOUD (7 MINUTE READ) [20]
Amazon has been rolling out peripheral cloud services at an
astonishing rate over the past 10 years or so - the company has
started to deprecate services without significant adoption or that
aren't competitive with more popular alternatives.
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