Subj : OpenAI-Reddit deal 🤖, TikTok vs YouTube 📱, React Compiler 👨💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri May 17 2024 10:32 am --1WU7z_Me Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OpenAI has signed a deal that will grant it access to real-time content f= rom Reddit's data API, allowing ChatGPT to surface discussions from Reddi= t=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR= =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Bland.ai] [4] TLDR 2024-05-17 AI PHON= E CALLS?!? THE WORLD'S _FASTEST_ CONVERSATIONAL AI WAS RELEASED & IT SOUN= DS JUST LIKE A _HUMAN_. (SPONSOR) [4]=20 BLAND AI [4] is a lab that bui= lt a hyper realistic sounding AI phone agent. Its autonomously taking act= ions and blowing everyone's minds. 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OpenAI has also signed up = to become an advertising partner on Reddit. It is unclear what the financ= ial terms of the deal are and whether it involves access to training data= ..=20 TIKTOK TESTS 60-MINUTE VIDEO UPLOADS AS IT CONTINUES TO TAKE ON = YOUTUBE (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 A limited group of TikTok users in selec= t markets are now able to upload 60-minute videos onto the platform. The = feature marks a shift from TikTok's original format. While the company ro= se to popularity due to its short-form video format, it has been slowly e= mbracing long-form content to compete with YouTube. The platform has also= been testing a horizontal full-screen mode and video-scrubbing thumbnail= s. 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