The Daily Index — Tuesday, December 5, 2023 · TLDR Index

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OPENAI COO BRAD LIGHTCAP TALKS ABOUT CHATGPT LAUNCH, DEV DAY, AND HOW SAM ALTMAN THINKS

OpenAI's achievements over the past year were recently eclipsed by a rollercoaster couple of weeks that involved Sam Altman being ousted and reinstated as well as a new board. This post contains an edited interview with OpenAI's COO Brad Lightcap where he discusses ChatGPT, OpenAI's Dev Day, and Altman.

cnbc.com · 26 min

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WHEN PRODUCT MARKETS BECOME COLLECTIVE TRAPS: THE CASE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Many people use social media out of a fear of missing out rather than genuine interest, making them worse off than if the platforms didn't exist in the first place. This study looks at this phenomenon to paint a more accurate picture of how social media impacts consumers. It challenges the argument that the mere existence of a product implies positive welfare for its users. The results suggest a heightened need for regulators to assess whether different products create traps for consumers and whether they generate positive welfare.

bfi.uchicago.edu · 3 min

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STREAMING APPS ARE TRYING TO BUNDLE THEIR WAY OUT OF CUSTOMER DISENCHANTMENT

Verizon recently released a Netflix and Max bundle and may release an Apple TV+ and Paramount+ bundle, following a trend that is seeing streaming apps partnering with other apps and other types of companies to offer TV streaming at a lower monthly price.

arstechnica.com · 3 min

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ASK HN: WHAT SIDE PROJECTS LANDED YOU A JOB? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

Examples of side projects that have helped developers land jobs include a Dropbox-like sync and share application, a high availability project for MySQL, and answering questions about a specific subject on StackOverflow until a publisher made them a book offer.

news.ycombinator.com

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ARE PASSKEYS REALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF PASSWORDS? I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT!

Transition from passwords to Passkeys might not be a good idea because they are not accessible to everyone and their use will push data ownership more towards Big Tech.

unixsheikh.com · 7 min

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ULTRASOUND CAN PUSH VACCINES INTO THE BODY WITHOUT NEEDLES

The ultrasound vaccine delivery technique doesn't damage the skin, and while it delivers less molecules of vaccine than conventional jabs, test animals produced more antibodies.

newscientist.com · 3 min

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COLONIZING MARS ISN'T A ROCKET PROBLEM

Colonizing Mars is a biology problem - space survival requires miniaturized, modular, failure-proof biotechnologies that will also ensure sustainable abundance for billions of humans on Earth.

centuryofbio.com · 14 min

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