Chaos & Amazement #2419 New iPads, ChatGPT Search, and meow.camera

Today is my 54th birthday 🎂 Cheers! 🥂

Tech News

• Earlier this week, Apple launched several new iPad models, including updated iPad Air versions and a fresh iPad Pro featuring an M4 processor. They also unveiled a new iPad Pro commercial that surprisingly received widespread online criticism and backlash. See for yourself:

  Apple also promised to finally revamp Siri with advanced AI, promising more natural interactions and improved task handling. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/business/apple-siri-ai-chatgpt.html [paywall possible]

  

• OpenAI is making a search engine like ChatGPT but with web searches & citations! This could challenge Google Search,but Google is a strong competitor with a huge market share. https://theverge.com/2024/5/10/24153421/openai-chatgpt-google-search-competitor-service-io

• Elon Musk wants his AI to summarize news based on Twitter, not articles. Sounds like a recipe for misinformation & drama. We already have enough of that online! https://bigtechnology.com/p/elon-musks-plan-for-ai-news

Fresh AI

• New skillset: making videos that look like they’re AI generated. Here’s an example:

  

  @bipaukIts 1852 and these passengers are off to Australia 🦘on the #ssgreatbritain Behind the fun and laughter our BA (Hons) Musical Theatre students have been hard at work at their living history project, in partnership with SS Great Britain! #BIPAUK #UKFYP #1850s #fyp #womeninhistory #performingarts #dancetrend #theatrearts #BehindTheScenes #livinghistory #19thcentury #historytok #costumes #periodcostumes #womenempowerment #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #fashion

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Weird and Wonderful

• Getting a quick oxytocin boost these days by watching cute, hungry cats eat on

  http://meow.camera. The webcams are linked to feeders that only go off when someone's watching. It's amazing how much joy this brings!

• Sir David Attenborough narrates the first gliding attempts of a young northern flying squirrel. For birds, it's called "fledging," not sure what it's called for flying squirrels, but it's definitely cute!

• Meet Odin the adventurous Swiss shepherd ! He carries a special camera that makes him look like a giant dog exploring the world.

  

  @odinswissshepherdOdin Pedro 💃🏻🪇 @insta360_official #insta360 #insta360x3 #insta360dogmode #happydog #dogsoftiktok #dogvideos #dog #pedro

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