Match Group is going steady with AI, appoints Zynga alum to lead AI-focused team
Match Group, the company behind dating apps like Tinder and OkCupid, is getting serious about its relationship with AI. After toying with some AI-powered features on Tinder, Match Group is taking things to the next level by appointing former Zynga head of growth Mark Kantor as Vice President of Innovation.
Read moreFriend.tech hype is skyrocketing, but will it actually reach the stars?
Since Friend.tech opened its invite-only beta test 11 days ago, the decentralized social-focused app has quickly attracted a lot of users, even catching the attention of big name crypto influencers, NBA players and OnlyFans creators. But can it convert all the early hype to meaningful, lasting traction? The app, built
Read moreDon’t Confuse Trust With Getting Along
Credit: MidjourneyIf you ask any team if they trust each other, they would probably say they do, especially if they worked together for a longer period of time.There is an abundance of teams that seem to have a good time working together but that continuously deliver unsatisfactory results. Trust can often
Read moreRigid Body Simulation Basics — Part 1: From Newton’s Law to a Constrained Optimization Problem
Rigid Body Simulation Basics — Part 1: From Newton’s Law to a Constrained Optimization ProblemScreen captures from constraint-based rigid body simulators by authorIntroductionThis article is intended to be the first article in a series where I plan to discuss some important topics on real-time physics simulation and build an engine incrementally. This first
Read moreSnapchat is expanding further into generative AI with ‘Dreams’
Snapchat is preparing to further expand into generative AI features, after earlier launching its AI-powered chatbot My AI which can now respond with a Snap back, not just text. With the company’s forthcoming generative AI feature called “Dreams,” Snap will again experiment with AI images — but soon, those images
Read moreEKS Node Autoscaling With Large Container Images and a Warm Pool, a Tragedy in Three Parts
Our journey through improving autoscaling in GPU workloadsContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreVC Office Hours: Why the sex tech industry could benefit from today’s politics
Despite the potential for technology to radically transform it, the sex tech industry isn’t actually discussed much. In most of the world, sex is still a taboo topic, and funding for the industry isn’t as robust as one might assume. Of course, sex being tabooed doesn’t help, but part of
Read moreWhat To Do If Your Employee Isn’t Reaching Their Full Potential
Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselvesContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreChris Corner: The Tao of Demos¹
CodePen is a place where you can make demos. A Pen can be anything (a painting, a game, a landing page), but by and large, Pens today are demos. Why would you make a demo? Fam, why wouldn’t you make a demo? Demos are one of the most powerful tools
Read moreDevelopers are now using AI for text-to-music apps
With the rise in popularity of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI tools like ChatGPT Developers have found use cases to mold text in different ways for use cases ranging from writing emails to summarizing articles. Now, they are looking to help you generate bits of music by just
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