Subj : Google ends moonshot era 🚀, OpenAI's aggressive tactics 🤖, building social apps 📱 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu May 23 2024 10:35 am --UW972Jhm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alphabet's self-proclaimed moonshot factory is carving out a path in whic= h projects can spin off as startups=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]= |View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-05-23 =F0=9F=93= =B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS GOOGLE'S MOONSHOT FACTORY FALLS BACK DO= WN TO EARTH (28 MINUTE READ) [4]=20 Alphabet's self-proclaimed moonsh= ot factory is carving out a path in which projects can spin off as startu= ps. While the company was initially reluctant to let outsiders share the = fruits of its investments or risk compromising intellectual property, exe= cutives ultimately decided it was better than letting promising technolog= y wither. The new policy opens up more possibilities, but it also signa= ls that Alphabet will be shutting off funding to more mature projects tha= t haven't proven themselves financially viable.=20 LEAKED OPENAI DOCUME= NTS REVEAL AGGRESSIVE TACTICS TOWARD FORMER EMPLOYEES (15 MINUTE READ) [5= ]=20 OpenAI has had a provision in place since 2019 that means employee= s leaving the company risk losing their vested equity in the company if= they criticize the company. Employees who refuse to cooperate risk bei= ng locked out of future tender offers, stopping them from selling their s= tock. A company threatening to claw back already-vested equity is unusual= .. OpenAI's behavior towards former employees in the past suggests that th= e executive team knew about the provision.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE= & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY MAKING STEEL WITH ELECTRICITY (7 MINUTE READ= ) [6]=20 Steel production is one of the dirtiest industries on the plan= et, accounting for around 7 to 9 percent of humanity's greenhouse gas e= missions worldwide. Boston Metal is using an electrochemical process call= ed molten oxide electrolysis, which releases only oxygen as a byproduct, = to produce steel. The company has raised more than $370 million to scale = rapidly and transform steel production in every corner of the world. Its = process can help recover high-value metals from mining waste without unde= rgoing costly treatment or storage.=20 MARS ROVER MISSION WILL USE PION= EERING NUCLEAR POWER SOURCE (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 The European Space= Agency's upcoming Mars mission will use a nuclear-powered device that ha= rnesses the radioactive decay of americium to keep its components warm. D= evices that harness the heat produced by the decay of radioactive element= s are known as radioisotope heater units (RHUs). The ESA has historically= relied on the US and Russia to provide RHUs that use plutonium-238, but = it has been working on its own RHUs since 2009. The European RHUs will he= at components in the mission's landing platform, which will extend the = lander's life, allowing it to become a backup power source in case there = are issues in deploying the rover.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DE= SIGN & DATA SCIENCE NEOSYNC (GITHUB REPO) [8]=20 Neosync is a dev= eloper-first way to anonymize PII, generate synthetic data, and sync envi= ronments for a better testing, debugging, and developer experience. It ca= n be used to safely test code against production data, reproduce bugs loc= ally, fix broken staging environments, reduce compliance scope, and seed = development databases. Neosync can generate synthetic data, anonymize exi= sting production data, subset production databases, and more. It has pre-= built integrations with Postgres, MySQL, and S3.=20 S3 IS SHOWING ITS= AGE (6 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 While S3 is undoubtedly a feat of engineeri= ng, its feature set is falling behind its competitors. S3 doesn't have a = compare-and-swap operation, something every other competitor has, and it = also lacks multi-region buckets and object appends. Engineers wanting any= of these features have to either abandon S3 or build around these gaps. = =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS HUMANE IS LOOKING FOR A BUYER = AFTER THE AI PIN'S UNDERWHELMING DEBUT (2 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 Humane= is hunting for a potential buyer for its business. Despite its AI Pin la= unching to poor reviews, the startup is seeking a price of between $750 m= illion and $1 billion. The company was valued at $850 million by investor= s in 2023. While its product contained novel and clever ideas, it had man= y hardware and software issues. Humane has pledged to address some of the= bugs with firmware updates.=20 BUILDING PRODUCTS IS AN UNFORGIVING GRI= ND (5 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 This thread contains a list of advice on bui= lding consumer social apps. It covers a wide range of topics, including p= roduct testing, how to measure success, consumer psychology, marketing, a= nd mindset. 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Alphabet's self-proclaimed moonshot factory is carving out a path i= n which projects can spin off as startups 

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Big Tech & Startups

Google's Moonshot Factory F= alls Back Down to Earth (28 minute read)

Alphabet's self-proclaimed moonshot fac= tory is carving out a path in which projects can spin off as startups. Whil= e the company was initially reluctant to let outsiders share the fruits of = its investments or risk compromising intellectual property, executives ulti= mately decided it was better than letting promising technology wither. The = new policy opens up more possibilities, but it also signals that Alphabet w= ill be shutting off funding to more mature projects that haven't proven the= mselves financially viable.
Leaked OpenAI documents rev= eal aggressive tactics toward former employees (15 minute read)

OpenAI has had a provision in place sin= ce 2019 that means employees leaving the company risk losing their vested e= quity in the company if they criticize the company. Employees who refuse to= cooperate risk being locked out of future tender offers, stopping them fro= m selling their stock. A company threatening to claw back already-vested eq= uity is unusual. OpenAI's behavior towards former employees in the past sug= gests that the executive team knew about the provision.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Making steel with electrici= ty (7 minute read)

Steel production is one of the dirtiest= industries on the planet, accounting for around 7 to 9 percent of humanity= 's greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Boston Metal is using an electrochem= ical process called molten oxide electrolysis, which releases only oxygen a= s a byproduct, to produce steel. The company has raised more than $370 mill= ion to scale rapidly and transform steel production in every corner of the = world. Its process can help recover high-value metals from mining waste wit= hout undergoing costly treatment or storage.
Mars rover mission will use= pioneering nuclear power source (3 minute read)

The European Space Agency's upcoming Ma= rs mission will use a nuclear-powered device that harnesses the radioactive= decay of americium to keep its components warm. Devices that harness the h= eat produced by the decay of radioactive elements are known as radioisotope= heater units (RHUs). The ESA has historically relied on the US and Russia = to provide RHUs that use plutonium-238, but it has been working on its own = RHUs since 2009. The European RHUs will heat components in the mission's la= nding platform, which will extend the lander's life, allowing it to become = a backup power source in case there are issues in deploying the rover.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

Neosync (GitHub Repo)

Neosync is a developer-first way to ano= nymize PII, generate synthetic data, and sync environments for a better tes= ting, debugging, and developer experience. It can be used to safely test co= de against production data, reproduce bugs locally, fix broken staging envi= ronments, reduce compliance scope, and seed development databases. Neosync = can generate synthetic data, anonymize existing production data, subset pro= duction databases, and more. It has pre-built integrations with Postgres, M= ySQL, and S3.
S3 Is Showing Its Age (6 mi= nute read)

While S3 is undoubtedly a feat of engin= eering, its feature set is falling behind its competitors. S3 doesn't have = a compare-and-swap operation, something every other competitor has, and it = also lacks multi-region buckets and object appends. Engineers wanting any o= f these features have to either abandon S3 or build around these gaps.
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Miscellaneous

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Humane is looking for a buy= er after the AI Pin's underwhelming debut (2 minute read)

Humane is hunting for a potential buyer= for its business. Despite its AI Pin launching to poor reviews, the startu= p is seeking a price of between $750 million and $1 billion. The company wa= s valued at $850 million by investors in 2023. While its product contained = novel and clever ideas, it had many hardware and software issues. Humane ha= s pledged to address some of the bugs with firmware updates.
Building products is an unf= orgiving grind (5 minute read)

This thread contains a list of advice o= n building consumer social apps. It covers a wide range of topics, includin= g product testing, how to measure success, consumer psychology, marketing, = and mindset. Very few people in the industry have seen the inflection point= of product-market fit firsthand - take everyone's advice with caution.
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Quick Links

Nvidia's Sales Triple, Sign= aling AI Boom's Staying Power (2 minute read)

Nvidia delivered a record quarter - its= stock price was recently up above $1,000 a share.
Microsoft's new Windows Cop= ilot Runtime aims to win over AI developers (2 minute read)

Windows Copilot Runtime includes a libr= ary of APIs with AI frameworks and toolchains designed for developers to sh= ip their own on-device models on Windows.
Amazon plans to give Alexa = an AI overhaul =E2=80=94 and a monthly subscription price (3 minute read)

Amazon has yet to nail down a price poi= nt for the service, which will integrate generative artificial intelligence= technology into the voice assistant.
Garry Tan has revealed his = =E2=80=98secret sauce' for getting into Y Combinator (2 minute read)

YC is looking for founders who see a te= chnology no one has envisioned yet - someone who can create a market.
Microsoft's new Windows 11 = Recall is a privacy nightmare (8 minute read)

Window 11's AI-powered Recall feature w= orks by taking a screenshot of the active window every few seconds, recordi= ng everything a user does for up to three months by default.
Hacking Hard-work (1 minute= read)

Everyone has a different brain and how = you choose to program it will be personal to you - one way to make work fee= l less mundane is to make the task feel grand.

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