Humane AI Pin, Apple ♥ used parts, AI music + more! - TechLinked April 12, 2024

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OH THE HUMANE-ITY

Humane AI Pin launch has not gone well

https://www.gearpatrol.com/tech/humane-ai-pin-negative-reviews/ 

Reviews: The Verge https://www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review 

Mrwhosetheboss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O2yTG3n1Vc 

Engadget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JjInHnLmGI 

defenders compare it to the first iPhone https://twitter.com/we4v3r/status/1778498111859519562 

Head engineer admits it’s “frustrating sometimes” (we keep telling the AI to be better and it won’t listen)

https://twitter.com/kocienda/status/1778471884214124736?t=1yjpGXMHUjqcuPJ7NA-DCQ 

if you don’t get it, watch Humane’s videos trying to explain wtf it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzjwKc78Kt0 @3:15

but it does “humanize” Imran a bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4SNFtEzys @17:46

don’t worry there’s a roadmap https://humane.com/changelog

What does this mean for the Rabbit R1 launching in a couple weeks? https://twitter.com/rabbit_hmi

 

IPHONE, REPAIR THYSELF

Apple will let users and shops repair products with used parts

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/11/apple-repaired-used-parts-pairing/ 

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/04/apple-to-expand-repair-options-with-support-for-used-genuine-parts/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/apple-opens-access-to-used-iphone-components-for-repair/

Parts-pairing still a thing, though, which is “not evil”, FYI https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/11/apple-iphone-parts-pairing-john-ternus/ 

Just don’t let iPhone die-hards know https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1c0vy7u/tech_world_update_apple_users_upset_they_have_to/ 

Apple M4 Macs coming later this year with extra AI juice

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/apple-plans-to-overhaul-entire-mac-line-with-ai-focused-m4-chips-1.2058035 

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/11/m4-ai-chips-late-2024/ 

3 models https://lmg.gg/W4pGm 

 

AY CARAMBA

Other AI stuff - Udio brings “Sora” moment for AI music

https://www.udio.com/ 

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/new-ai-music-generator-udio-synthesizes-realistic-music-on-demand/ 

https://twitter.com/abcdentminded/status/1778436378642239629?t=46hz_RFLV2NhEY6S-ZfN6Q&s=19 

Also-recently-released “Suno” is pretty good as well https://twitter.com/goodside/status/1775713487529922702

Buncha new models

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/10/ai-race-heats-up-as-openai-google-and-mistral-release-new-models 

Mistral launches a 281GB AI model https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-startup-mistral-launches-a-281gb-ai-model-to-rival-openai-meta-and-google/ 

Gemini 1.5 Pro https://developers.googleblog.com/2024/04/gemini-15-pro-in-public-preview-with-new-features.html

GPT-4 Turbo update

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/openai-just-dropped-a-new-majorly-improved-version-of-gpt-4-turbo-and-its-coming-soon-to-chatgpt 

“majorly improved” https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/1777772582680301665 

“significantly smarter and more pleasant to use” https://twitter.com/sama/status/1778578689984270543

benchmarks https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/1778574613813006610/photo/1 

OpenAI fires researchers for leaking information

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-researchers-including-ally-of-sutskever-fired-for-alleged-leaking

 

QUICK BITS

 

CAN’T WE ALL JUST AGREE

Discord nuking Switch game emulator devs 

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/11/24127545/discord-suyu-sudachi-server-shutdown-account-ban 

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/04/discord-reportedly-removing-servers-and-creator-accounts-for-switch-emulators 

Suyu team abandons project 

https://overkill.wtf/switch-emulator-suyu-dead/ 

https://pastebin.com/6FYdz9Sr?ref=overkill.wtf 

 

13TH GEN WENT IN THE TALL GRASS

Intel discontinues K-series 13th-gen CPUs

https://www.anandtech.com/show/21345/intel-to-discontinue-boxed-13th-gen-core-enthusiast-cpus 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/content-details/818660/select-boxed-13th-generation-intel-core-processors-pcn-818660-00-product-discontinuance-end-of-life.html 

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-axes-13th-gen-core-i5-i7-i9-k-series-cpus-lineup-will-be-discontinued-by-may-24th-2024 

 

ONE INTERNET TUBE, TIED

Meta will blur nudity in Instagram DMs for teens

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/instagram-nudes-teens-dms-1235967659/ 

https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/new-tools-to-help-protect-against-sextortion-and-intimate-image-abuse

https://apnews.com/article/instagram-meta-nudity-sexual-extortion-social-7bea9b1244ea023fb85265672bcd6560

 

DE-PIXELATED 

Google makes Photos editing tools free 

https://9to5google.com/2024/04/10/google-photos-magic-editor-free/ 

Magic Editor https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_videos/MagicEraser_GooglePhotos_April2024.mp4

Portrait Light https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_videos/PortraitLight_GooglePhotos_April2024.mp4 

https://blog.google/products/photos/google-photos-editing-features-availability/ 

https://www.slashgear.com/1560801/how-to-use-google-ai-photo-features/ 

 

DEFENESTRATION IMMINENT

Windows 10 users getting full-screen ads for Windows 11… even if their PC’s not eligible for upgrade

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2302230/a-windows-11-free-upgrade-pushes-a-pc-a-user-will-have-to-buy.html 

https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/1c12ovu/i_just_got_this_full_screen_popup_while_in_the/ 

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F79ng4d837rtc1.png 

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11-or-bust-microsoft-is-boldly-and-insistently-urging-windows-10-users-to-move-on-or-get-left-behind