Subj : Apple renews OpenAI talks 🧠, Google fires Python team 👨‍💻, React 19 beta ⚛️ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Mon Apr 29 2024 10:35 am --FMq9AJkT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI to use its generative AI techno= logy to power new features coming to the iPhone=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |A= dvertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [QA= Wolf] [4] TLDR 2024-04-29 =F0=9F=98=98 KISS BUGS GOODBYE WITH F= ULLY AUTOMATED END-TO-END TEST COVERAGE (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Bugs sneak o= ut when less than 80% of user flows are tested before shipping. But getti= ng that kind of coverage =E2=80=94 and staying there =E2=80=94 is hard an= d pricey for any sized team. 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