The Daily Index — Tuesday, September 26, 2023 · TLDR Index

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YOU CAN NOW PROMPT CHATGPT WITH PICTURES AND VOICE COMMANDS

OpenAI is rolling out a version of ChatGPT that allows users to prompt the AI by speaking aloud or uploading a picture. It will be available for paying customers in the next two weeks and for everyone else soon after. The image search feature will include a drawing tool to help make queries more clear. Users will be able to prompt the bot to refine answers.

theverge.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

AMAZON INVESTS UP TO $4B IN ANTHROPIC

Amazon is investing up to $4B in Anthropic with a set of trades in IP and compute options on the table. Anthropic’s safety governance remains unchanged.

anthropic.com · 3 min

TLDR Web Dev

OPTIMIZING BUILD PERFORMANCE IN NEXT.JS

Build performance is the time it takes to build your application. A faster build time lets you iterate faster and deliver your app to customers quicker. This article provides a nice checklist of things to do to optimize build performance. It also gives an overview of techniques and tools you can use to improve the critical rendering path, which is important to a web app’s initial load time and perceived performance.

blog.logrocket.com · 9 min

TLDR Crypto

TENSION RISES BETWEEN COINBASE AND SEC OVER CELSIUS BANKRUPTCY PLAN

In the midst of a suit between the two entities, the SEC is now scrutinizing Coinbase's role in Celsius’ bankruptcy plan. The SEC argues that Coinbase's services in the process go beyond being a distribution agent to offering brokerage and trading services. This raises issues that reflect those outlined in the SEC's lawsuit against Coinbase for allegedly operating as an unregistered broker violating federal securities laws.

theblock.co · 2 min

TLDR Design

THE LATEST WINDOWS 11 UPDATE WILL HELP YOU DITCH PASSWORDS FOR GOOD

The latest Windows 11 update will allow users to create, manage, and store passkeys and use them to access supported websites and services using their device’s authentication systems. Passkeys are expected to eventually replace passwords entirely as a new standard for login technology, but it’s going to take a while for them to be widely supported. Microsoft is one of the earliest supporters of the technology, which will vastly improve the user experience of unlocking devices.

theverge.com · 2 min

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AMAZON TO INVEST UP TO $4 BILLION IN AI STARTUP ANTHROPIC

Amazon has agreed to invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, an AI startup. It will initially invest $1.25 billion with the option to increase its investment up to a total of $4 billion. Google, which is also an investor in Anthropic, plans to raise its investment by up to $5 billion over the next two years. Anthropic will use AWS as a primary cloud provider for mission-critical workloads as part of the deal. It will provide AWS customers with early access to unique features for model customization and fine-tuning capabilities.

techcrunch.com · 3 min

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SPOTIFY USING AI TO CLONE AND TRANSLATE PODCASTERS’ VOICES

Spotify has unveiled a new AI-powered feature that translates podcasts into multiple languages using the same voices as those in the show. The feature uses OpenAI's new voice generation technology, which only needs a few seconds of audio to replicate a voice. Voice-translated episodes from select creators are now available on Spotify. A list of all the translated shows currently available can be viewed on Spotify's Voice Translation hub, which is linked to in the article.

digitaltrends.com · 2 min

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JAPAN PHARMA STARTUP DEVELOPING WORLD-FIRST DRUG TO GROW NEW TEETH

A team of scientists led by a Japanese pharmaceutical startup has developed a drug that stimulates the growth of new teeth. It aims to put the drug on the market by around 2030. The drug inhibits the protein that suppresses the growth of teeth. Clinical trials for the drug are expected to begin in around July 2024. A trial for children between two and six years old born without some or all permanent teeth is planned for 2025.

japantimes.co.jp · 2 min

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SOFTWARE PACKAGING IS A NIGHTMARE

The most common methods for distributing software packages and creating environments to run them in are Share Everything and Share Nothing. Share Everything is the classic model for software environments, but it can be extremely limiting. The Share Nothing approach is more likely to produce consistently working software, but it can lead to a ton of bloat. This article looks at these methods of distributing software packages and lays out an ideal build system approach.

cohost.org · 13 min