OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity (6 minute read)
DALL-E 3, OpenAI’s latest text-to-image generator, will be available to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise customers in early October. OpenAI has yet to release any technical details about the model. DALL-E 3 refines small details like hands more effectively and can create engaging images without hacks or prompt engineering. Examples of images generated with DALL-E 3 along with their prompts are available in the article. |
Amazon is set to supercharge Alexa with generative AI (9 minute read)
Amazon unveiled an all-new Alexa voice assistant powered by a large language model during its fall hardware event on Wednesday. The new Alexa can understand conversational phrases and respond appropriately, interpret context more effectively, and complete multiple requests from one command. It could take home automation to the next level. Amazon will roll out the new assistant slowly to customers in the US through a preview program in the coming months. |
Science & Futuristic Technology
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Permission denied for reentry of Varda’s orbiting experiment capsule (7 minute read)
Varda Space Industries’ satellite has been in orbit for two months longer than originally planned as it waits for government approval to return to Earth with its cache of pharmaceutical specimens. The satellite launched on June 12 without a reentry license. Its purpose was to demonstrate Varda’s technology for producing commercial materials inside a recoverable capsule designed to return the products to Earth. The FAA denied Varda’s reentry license as the company did not demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements. A request for reconsideration is pending. |
Programming, Design & Data Science
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ElectricSQL (GitHub Repo)
ElectricSQL is a local-first sync layer for web and mobile apps. It enables developers to build reactive, real-time, and local-first apps directly on Postgres. ElectricSQL makes apps feel instant as app code talks directly to a local database. It supports multi-user collaboration and conflict-free offline. |
Introducing runes (6 minute read)
Svelte 5's runes unlock universal, fine-grained reactivity in JavaScript. They use function syntax to achieve the same things and more as let, =, the export keyword, and the $: label. Svelte 5 is not yet in production, but developers can test its new features through an interactive playground on its preview site. |
Language Model UXes in 2027 (13 minute read)
This article explores what large language model-powered software might look like in the medium-term future. LLMs are going to significantly shift how we interact with computers. The current state of the technology seems rudimentary and it's increasingly clear that generative AI can't quite replace the other UX innovations that have been introduced over the last several decades. LLM UXes will likely evolve to have a memory of past interactions in order to provide more relevant responses. |
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