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🤖 Google calls off the launch of ChatGPT rival //

Alphabet executives refused to launch a chatbot competing with ChatGPT from Open AI due to ethical issues. That became too risky for the company's reputation.

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🪙 In Netherlands Bitcoin Mining is Used to Grow Tulips //

Engineers near Amsterdam figured out how to save money on bitcoin mining. They heat greenhouses with flowers using crypto farms heating energy.

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Saturday! Here's the weekend latest news:

// Google, Apple and Mozilla Will Develop a Better Browser Benchmark
https://durovscode.com/0322

// Apple-1 Computer Hand-Numbered by Steve Jobs Sells for $442,000 at Auction
https://durovscode.com/0323

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📁 Twitter cooperated with FBI as if it were ‘subsidiary’ //

The new Twitter Files from Elon Musk reveals how massive social network was cooperated with US Government. FBI even created a special task force for pre-flagging content for moderation.

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⌨️ Answers from the Ghostwriter //

Designer-engineer Arvind Sanjeev has integrated AI to a rare typewriter. For re-working he used Arduino, Raspberry Pi and language model GPT-3. Now it answers to the author when he asks something.

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Some sunday news:

// Twitter removed a feature that showed from which device tweets were coming
https://durovscode.com/0325

// Creators of image generation model Stable Diffusion will allow artists to put their work out of AI training
https://durovscode.com/0324

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🎄Decorate your Christmas tree with a playable Doom bauble //

One more platform to run Doom on is a Christmas bauble. Jeroen Domburg has created a tiny 3D printed ornament stuffed with working screen and sound effects. You can even pair a controller to play Doom.

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🔮Concerns among artist and debates over digital privacy caused by Lensa AI app //

The AI-powered tool generates portraits in "avatar" style using existing images without artists` permission. There is no reliable information how the uploaded data is being processed and stored by the company.

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It’s Tuesday out there and we’re back with the latest news:

// Upcoming AI model that enables Google Lens to decode doctor’s handwriting
https://durovscode.com/0326

// Facebook’s Meta VR leader resigns, but the company still plans to spend 20% of the annual budget on ‘Metaverse’
https://durovscode.com/0327

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🚀Concept of space cities is being developed //

Wildly theoretical but technically feasible version of the space cities concept proposed by researchers from the University of Rochester. A mesh bag would make it possible to inhabit asteroids.

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🌇 Walk through the digital twin of Dubai //

How the Urbi startup created an immersive map experience with ability to "enter" the city buildings virtually. Durov's Code discussed company's monetization, tech behind and economic perspectives in exclusive interview with CEO Pavel Mochalkin.

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Wednesday! And here are the latest news:

// Musk says he's stepping down as CEO of Twitter after finding "someone foolish" to replace him
https://durovscode.com/is-elon-musk-serious-about-relinquishing-power-to-a-new-ceo

// Google is testing "Courses" and videos with multiple audio tracks on YouTube
https://durovscode.com/google-is-testing-courses-and-videos-with-multiple-audio-tracks-on-youtube

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📈 New record for NFT art at TON //

The initial value of items was 280 TON or $270 at the exchange rate at the time the collection was launched. Today, however, the both NFTs sold for over $50k in total. These are currently the two most expensive NFT artworks at the TON blockchain.

As a reminder, we had an interview with Ellen Sheidlin, the creator of the Annihilation collection, over the summer.

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Thursday! Latest news:

// GPS independence for Apple Watch: no longer tied to iPhone
https://durovscode.com/6791

// Tesla expects new employee layoffs in 2023
https://durovscode.com/0330

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💸 FTX saga continues //

Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison, former executives at Alameda Research and FTX, have pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges in the U.S. as part of ongoing investigations into the exchange.

Both individuals have accepted plea agreements that offer reduced sentencing in exchange for their cooperation. They are expected to be key witnesses in the case against Sam Bankman-Fried.

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🐇 Matrix Is Real //

At least in ChatGPT neural network. One developer told the AI to act like a Linux terminal and found an "alternative universe inside the ChatGPT" with an alt-internet version of 2021.

He was able to surf the web and even learn that in that universe also was ChatGPT "Assistant" that could create new "universes".

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🆓 Sam Bankman-Fried will be actually freed //

FTX founder has been granted release on $250 million bail by a federal judge in New York.

Bankman-Fried, who was indicted on eight counts including securities fraud and money laundering, will be released to his parents' home in California under strict supervision while investigations into FTX continue. We will continue to follow this story and provide updates as they become available.

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Friday! Latest news:

// Apple pulls new Home app architecture in iOS 16.2 due to customer complaints about problems
https://durovscode.com/4831

// Twitter now shows how many views you got
https://durovscode.com/7043

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💻 Open and swift text-to-3D model generator //

A team of researchers at San Francisco-based OpenAI developed a neural network Point-E for generating 3D models from text denoscriptions.

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📈 Stock and Cryptocurrency Prices in Twitter's search //

Now Twitter users could view stock and cryptocurrency prices directly in search results. To access the prices, users simply need to type the dollar symbol and the relevant ticker symbol, such as "$GOOG" or "$ETH", into the search bar.

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