Chaos and Amazement

Midjourney, Tinder, Apple, and Memes - Latest Tech News, April 7 - 2023


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Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives.

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๐Ÿ‘‰ In one yearโ€™s time, text to image AI tool Midjourney has come a long way. These images on instagram , both with the same prompt (โ€œDonald Trump and Barack Obama playing basketballโ€) but generated one year apart, reveal how fast AI art has progressed in just 1 year
๐Ÿ‘‰ Midjourney can now read images and turn them into prompts. Which, of course, you can then turn into images again.
๐Ÿ‘‰ How AI misrepresents culture through a facial expression. Every American knows to say โ€œcheeseโ€ when taking a photo, and, therefore, so does the AI when generating new images based on the pattern established by previous ones.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Apple CEO Tim Cook in a rare interview: โ€œI knew I couldnโ€™t be Steve. I donโ€™t think anybody could be Steve. I think he was a once-in-a-hundred-years kind of individual, an original by any stretch of the imagination. And so what I had to do was to be the best version of myself.โ€
๐Ÿ‘‰ โ€œTinder is one of the worldโ€™s most important apps because it has the power to transform dating, boost birth rates, and strengthen the economy.โ€ The most popular dating apps are all owned by Match.com. Itโ€™s big business.
๐Ÿ‘‰ iOS 16.4 is out now, bringing new emojis such as a plain Pink Heart to eligible Apple devices. https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-16-4-emoji-changelog/ Emojis are the first truly universal language we have. Everyone on this planet understands it, from two-years olds to senior citizens.
From my blog
๐Ÿ‘‰ Steal Like an Artist: Understanding the Power of Remixing
The regulatory crackdown by Beijing on Big Tech firms has put pressure on Alibaba and its peers. Under tighter government scrutiny and a Covid-ravaged economy, Alibaba slashed some 20,000 jobs last year. But now, as regulators ease pressure on the tech industry, Alibaba's peers are finding ways to revive their mojo.
Tencent is launching a paid subscription service for short videos, driving further into a territory dominated by ByteDance and Kuaishou Technology.
Meanwhile, Baidu is betting on its ChatGPT alternative, Ernie Bot, and is looking to launch its chatbot-empowered cloud services soon.
Weird and Wonderfull
๐Ÿ‘‰ MemeCam combines BLIP image recognition and GPT-3.5 AI-driven caption generation for an effortless and fun meme-creating experience.
https://memecam.dk Itโ€™s pretty good!
๐Ÿ‘‰Oproot Magic Crystal Ball: This website offers a fun and interactive way to receive messages from "The Beyond." It's a great way to get inspiration or guidance on a question or topic.
#chatgpt #tinder #china #technews #technologynews #tiktok #Midjourney #clowillaerts #philverheyen #tiktok #microsoft #google #bing #coinbase #deepfake #runwayml
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Chaos and AmazementBy Phil Verheyen