Thomas Pockrandt

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Last night Bayern 2-1 Leipzig ⚽️@AllianzArena

Microsoft's new Copilot app for iPhone and iPad is here, and it's totally free! The app brings the power of OpenAI's GPT-4 and DALLE 3, along with some handy plugins. Now you can easily draft emails, create amazing images, and do a whole lot more, right from your device.

‎Microsoft Copilotapps.apple.com ‎Improve Your Productivity with Copilot–Your AI-Powered Chat Assistant Copilot is a pioneering chat assistant from Microsoft powered by the latest OpenAI models, GPT-4 and DALL·E 3. These advance...

Got my World ID confirmed .. worldcoin.org

Meanwhile back in Germany ☃️ ..

Enjoying some time in Naples, Italy …

Invite arrived! Can’t wait to to take the ride in Waymo's fully autonomous car. No one behind the wheel is next-level. This is the future of travel, and I'm here for it.

Finally, Apple's adding RCS text-messaging to iPhones, and it's long overdue. This bridges a gap that should've been crossed ages ago, bringing the Android and iPhone worlds closer. A smart, if belated, step towards a more unified tech experience.

Apple to finally bring RCS to iPhones | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Apple plans to add support for the RCS standard on iOS next year, the iPhone-maker said Thursday in a major reversal that would resolve the widespread Apple plans to add support for the RCS standard o...

Traveling Germany with a Volkswagen EV …

Blue sky in SFO .. nice short trip to the golden gate today

Off to a great ELF football match @Rhein_Fire @MunichRavens

Picture this: AI eavesdrops on your password typing, even when you type quietly. Scary, right? Cornell researchers used sound patterns to teach an AI to mimic your strokes (up to 95% accuracy). Protect yourself by at least using a password manager.

AI can now steal your passwords with almost 100% accuracy | Digital Trendswww.digitaltrends.com Researchers have discovered a devious new way for AI to steal your passwords, and it's almost 100% accurate.

Wix's AI Site Generator is a game-changer, simplifying website creation. However, it does raise concerns about user control and copyright responsibility. AI's potential is impressive but also calls for careful navigation.

Wix will let you build an entire website using only AI promptswww.theverge.com Its new website generator looks suspiciously easy.

gm 😋 ..

With AI becoming smarter by every day, the future lies in problem formulation, where humans define clear problems for AI to tackle. Focusing on diagnosis, decomposition, reframing, and constraint design is key.

So Long “Prompt Engineering,” We Hardly Knew Yamedium.com Thinking that prompt engineering is the future is to not fully understand what machine learning does.

This Lego Technic Crane is like a trip down memory lane! It’s so cool and complex, it makes the curious kid in me want to dig out my old Lego sets and start building again. 🏗️👷🏻‍♂️

The $700 Liebherr Crawler Crane Is the Most Expensive Lego Technic Set Evergizmodo.com But at 2,883 pieces, it's actually not the largest Lego Technic set ever.

Thought creating passwords was easy? Try The Password Game. The usual '12345' won't work. Expect strange rules and Wordle answers. But don't worry, it's free - unlike the confusion.

This fun free game is all about silly password ruleswww.rockpapershotgun.com Bet you can't pick a password to meet The Password Game's increasingly silly requirements!

YouTube's new AI-powered dubbing tool, Aloud, promises swift translation and voice-over in various languages, simplifying global content sharing. A step forward in uniting creators and audiences worldwide.

YouTube's new tool can automatically dub videos into other languages | Engadgetwww.engadget.com YouTube has plans to let creators go beyond translated subtitles by allowing creators to dub videos into other spoken languages..

That's long overdue. https://www.androidpolice.com/eu-smartphone-batteries-glue-replace/

New EU regulation could mean the return of easily replaceable smartphone batterieswww.androidpolice.com Batteries in phones will be easily replaceable in EU after new law passes

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The song includes John Lennon vocals, pulled from an old demo recording https://tcrn.ch/43Ti03s

Paul McCartney used AI to make a new Beatles songtcrn.ch Paul McCartney has made a new Beatles song, using AI, to be released later this year, featuring vocals from John Lennon recorded in 1978.

Dinner time .. 😋

MusicGen, a tool from Meta's Audiocraft, can make new music from text prompts. Even though it's not perfect, this shows how far AI has come in the music field. It's an exciting step forward.

Meta's open-source MusicGen AI uses text to create song genre mashups | Engadgetwww.engadget.com Meta's Audiocraft research team has just released MusicGen, an open source deep learning language model that can generate new music based on text prompts..

Now with Siri and Shortcuts integration, the official ChatGPT iOS app offers an even more seamless and integrated experience. https://apple.co/45vAZD1

Looks like IKEA is pushing the envelope, quite literally! Can't wait for the day I'm mailing my living room across states .. 😂

IKEA Research Studio Uses AI to Create a Folding Sofa that Fits in an Envelope - Decryptdecrypt.co An IKEA-affiliated design studio used machine learning to design an ultra light and portable prototype sofa that fits inside a large envelope.

Can’t wait to experience something like this on the living room table .. https://apple.com/apple-vision-pro/

#WWDC23 

Apple Events - Special Event Streamwww.apple.com Watch the Apple event online.

Voyager is a bot that learns to play Minecraft using GPT-4. It improves by trying, learning, and remembering skills. This shows how AI can keep getting better in tricky situations. https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/02/this-ai-used-gpt-4-to-become-an-expert-minecraft-player/

This AI used GPT-4 to become an expert Minecraft playertechcrunch.com Unlike other Minecraft bots, this one basically wrote its own code through trial and error...and lots of GPT-4 queries.

This year's Apple WWDC23 comes with digital activities for everyone on Slack. Direct Q&As, chat with experts, and meet new people in Icebreakers. Can’t wait. https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/activities/

WWDC23 Activitiesdeveloper.apple.com Join Apple engineers and designers for Q&As, session watch parties with presenters, community icebreakers, and more.

Canada nailed it! 🏒🇨🇦

Don't just trust AI, always double-check your sources. This is a prime example.

A lawyer used ChatGPT for legal filing. The chatbot cited nonexistent cases it just made upmashable.com The lawyer now may face sanctions for submitting the bogus cases.

Google's new search aims to revolutionize search results by adding generative AI. While some skepticism is warranted about trustworthiness and bias concerns, this update has the potential to reshape the Internet landscape.

Google Search starts rolling out ChatGPT-style generative AI resultsarstechnica.com If you opt-in to generative AI, big, colorful boxes will appear in search.