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APPLE SIGNS DEAL WITH OPENAI FOR IOS, STILL WANTS GOOGLE AS AN 'OPTION'

Apple and OpenAI have signed a deal to provide chatbot functionality in iOS 18. The deal will be a component of Apple's WWDC event in June. It will allow Apple to continue working on its own chatbot, like how it previously offered Google Maps before launching Apple Maps. Apple is still working on a deal with Google to offer Gemini as an option.

ELON MUSK'S XAI RAISES $6 BILLION TO FUND ITS RACE AGAINST CHATGPT AND ALL THE REST

xAI has announced raising $6 billion in funding to help bring the startup's first products to market, build advanced infrastructure, and accelerate the research and development of future technologies. The funding comes from several sources, including Andreessen Horowitz, 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 said he would prefer to build products outside of Tesla when it comes to AI and robotics unless he gets more control.

SCIENTISTS FOUND A PARADOX IN EVOLUTION — AND IT MAY BECOME THE NEXT RULE OF BIOLOGY

Scientists from the University of Southern California have proposed a new rule for biology called Selectively Advantageous Instability (SAI). SAI explores how instability can actually benefit a cell or organism. Instability allows for greater genetic diversity, which can make organisms more adaptable. A shorter cell component lifespan can actually help promote cell health. Understanding the process could aid in the exploration of the biological processes behind disease and aging.

LOOKING GLASS DEBUTS 16-INCH OLED AND 32-INCH ‘HOLOGRAPHIC' SPATIAL DISPLAYS

Looking Glass has introduced a 32-inch spatial display and a 16-inch OLED variant designed to enable group 3D visualization without the need for headsets. The displays can assist in the development and presentation of interactive 3D digital images, videos, and applications in real time. They support a range of software through plugins for Unity, Unreal, Blender, and WebXR. Looking Glass provides a 3D model importer and an SDK for developing custom 3D/holographic content. The new displays are thin and designed to be easily installed anywhere.

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SIG

sig enables interactive grep for streaming. It allows users to interactively search through streaming data, updating results in real time. sig has an Archived mode that saves the latest N entries of streaming data so that users can grep through those entries based on key inputs at any given moment. Archived mode also allows users to grep through static data such as files.

OLD DOGS, NEW CSS TRICKS

While a lot of new CSS features have shipped in the last few years, actual usage is still low. When learning new things, it's important not to get overwhelmed. Don't try to refactor an entire codebase all at once - pick achievable goals. While you don't have to use the latest and greatest new CSS features, it's worth knowing which specific problems these new techniques can solve so you can decide whether they're a good fit for your project.

WHAT ARE YOU GETTING PAID IN?

You can't always pay and motivate people with just money. You can pay people in lots of currencies: quality of life, prestige, status, impact, influence - just to name a few. People value different things and want to be paid in different ways. By thinking creatively, you can pay people in ways other than money. The best way to make sure you get paid the way you want to is to pick the right industry. It's easier to accumulate what you want through time and work than to try and convert between currencies.

ASK HN: WHAT IS YOUR CHATGPT CUSTOMIZATION PROMPT? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

Coming up with a customization prompt for ChatGPT that you're happy with can be difficult. This Hacker News thread presents several examples of customization prompts that other developers have found useful. It contains a discussion on how prompts can be tweaked to provide different results.

THE NETFLIX CHIEF'S PLAN TO GET YOU TO BINGE EVEN MORE

A transcript of an interview with Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive at Netflix, where he talks about his background, Netflix's competition, the film industry, American culture, Netflix's strategy, AI, and more.

MY BDFL GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Being a Benevolent Dictator For Life means having the ability to push or veto just about anything in a project - but this may not be the ideal way to run an open source project.

EGYPT IS BUILDING A $1-BILLION MEGA-MUSEUM

The Grand Egyptian Museum will occupy 500,000 square meters and showcase more than 50,000 ancient Egyptian artifacts.

NEW MAGIC FOR ANIMATIONS IN CSS

CSS is adding two more features that will make it much easier to further avoid JavaScript when implementing animations.

NEURALINK COMPRESSION CHALLENGE

Neuralink is looking for new approaches to a compression problem and exceptional engineers to work on it.

FOUR SINGULARITIES FOR RESEARCH

AI will alter academic research in ways we can't fully imagine.