Snapchat’s AI bot isn’t very smart, but at least it won’t send nudes
Snapchat now has an AI bot that you can send snaps to, and if you’re a premium subscriber, it can even send you pictures back. So, what happens if you send Snapchat’s My AI bot nudes? This is the obvious question that comes to mind, because on the internet, people
Read MoreTechCrunch+ roundup: Rethinking PLG, AI-enabled SaaS pricing, traveling with a green card
In an era when no one worried too much about IT spending, startups leaned into the bottom-up sales approach and driving product-led growth. But that was then, and this is now. “It’s too soon to pronounce bottoms-up dead, but it’s looking pretty moribund,” according to Battery Ventures’ State of Cloud
Read MoreScammers publish ads for hacking services on government websites
Scammers have published various advertisements for hacking services on the official websites of multiple U.S. state, county, and local governments, a federal agency, as well as numerous universities. The advertisements were contained in PDF files uploaded to official .gov websites belonging to the state governments of California, North Carolina, New
Read MoreAI doomerism is overblown and other TC news
Many of the leading voices in AI have co-signed yet another ominous open letter warning that we should be “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI.” However, the voices shouting for regulation the loudest have us wondering how much of the AI fear-mongering is warranted, and how much is self-serving theater.
Read MoreInside Volkswagen’s big ID.Buzz bet
Volkswagen is betting big on the upcoming ID.Buzz electric van. With availability of the vehicle still a year out, the automaker is counting on years of pent-up anticipation to not only sell the bus shrouded in nostalgia, but to have it act as a halo product to bring customers to
Read MoreYC-backed Dumme raises $3.4M for its AI video editor that turns long-form YouTube videos into Shorts
Dumme, a startup putting AI to practical use in video editing, is already generating demand before opening up to the public. The Y Combinator-backed company has hundreds of video creators testing its product, which leverages AI to create short-form videos from YouTube content, and a waitlist of over 20,000 pre-launch,
Read MoreYouTube TV brings the Tennis Channel back three years after removing it
YouTube TV added seven new channels to its lineup on Thursday, which includes the Tennis Channel, Magnolia Network, T2, CHARGE!, TBD, Tr3s Channel and Hogar de HGTV Channel. In particular, many subscribers will be happy about the addition of the Tennis Channel since it was removed from the streaming service
Read MoreCreating a WYSIWYG Editor for My Website
A rich text editor with contenteditable and the JavaScript Selection and Range ClassesContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read MoreImplementing Generative Agent With Local LLM, Guidance, and Langchain
The background is generated by [Stable Diffusion 1.1].After successfully making ReAct agent with Guidance, I continue to make a more complicated thing — the Generative agent. This study was published by Stanford and Google team on Arxiv on April 7, 2023. They attempt to make a small village full of generative agents.
Read MoreNew in Rust 1.70.0 — OnceCell and OnceLock
A peek into this nice feature coming with the new version of RustContinue reading on Better Programming »
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