Subj : Apple signs OpenAI deal 📱, Elon raises $6B for xAI 🤖, interactive grep 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue May 28 2024 10:32 am --2eUknBfD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple and OpenAI have signed a deal to provide chatbot functionality in i= OS 18. The deal will be a component of Apple's WWDC event in June=C2= =A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 = =09=09TOGETHER WITH [QA Wolf] [4] TLDR 2024-05-28 = =F0=9F=91=8B GOODBYE LOW TEST COVERAGE AND SLOW QA CYCLES (SPONSOR) [4]=20 = Bugs sneak out when less than 80% of user flows are tested before shi= pping. But getting that kind of coverage =E2=80=94 and staying there = =E2=80=94 is hard and pricey for any sized team. 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Apple and OpenAI have signed a deal to = provide chatbot functionality in iOS 18. The deal will be a component of Ap= ple's WWDC event in June. It will allow Apple to continue working on its ow= n chatbot, like how it previously offered Google Maps before launching Appl= e Maps. Apple is still working on a deal with Google to offer Gemini as an = option.
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xAI has announced raising $6 billion in= funding to help bring the startup's first products to market, build advanc= ed infrastructure, and accelerate the research and development of future te= chnologies. The funding comes from several sources, including Andreessen Ho= rowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Saudi Arabian Prince Al Waleed bin Talal. Elon= Musk plans to launch xAI's new data center by the fall of 2025. Musk has s= aid he would prefer to build products outside of Tesla when it comes to AI = and robotics unless he gets more control.
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Looking Glass Debuts 16-inc= h OLED and 32-inch =E2=80=98Holographic' Spatial Displays (2 minute read)

Looking Glass has introduced a 32-inch = spatial display and a 16-inch OLED variant designed to enable group 3D visu= alization without the need for headsets. The displays can assist in the dev= elopment and presentation of interactive 3D digital images, videos, and app= lications in real time. They support a range of software through plugins fo= r Unity, Unreal, Blender, and WebXR. Looking Glass provides a 3D model impo= rter and an SDK for developing custom 3D/holographic content. The new displ= ays are thin and designed to be easily installed anywhere.
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Ask HN: What is your ChatGP= T customization prompt? (Hacker News Thread)

Coming up with a customization prompt f= or ChatGPT that you're happy with can be difficult. This Hacker News thread= presents several examples of customization prompts that other developers h= ave found useful. It contains a discussion on how prompts can be tweaked to= provide different results.
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My BDFL guiding principles = (9 minute read)

Being a Benevolent Dictator For Life me= ans having the ability to push or veto just about anything in a project - b= ut this may not be the ideal way to run an open source project.
Egypt is building a $1-bill= ion mega-museum (21 minute read)

The Grand Egyptian Museum will occupy 5= 00,000 square meters and showcase more than 50,000 ancient Egyptian artifac= ts.
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CSS is adding two more features that wi= ll make it much easier to further avoid JavaScript when implementing animat= ions.
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