Google AI image generation 🎨, StackOverflow lays off 28% of staff 👋, Teams AI coach 🤖, and... a goodbye for now 🫶
Hello everyone! Welcome back one last time to Augmented Rarity 👽, your weekly source for emerging technologies and future trends 📡
I'm sorry to announce that I'm putting this project on hold as of today 🥹. I'm not sure when I'll be able to pick it up again. Meanwhile, let’s stay in touch via Instagram 🫶
Let's get on with this week's picks! 👇
💫 My top 3
Google is testing out generative AI on its search platform. We’ll soon be able to to create images and get a head start on written content from Google search itself.
Image: Google Stack Overflow lays off 28% of staff as tech layoffs continue. Is ChatGPT taking jobs? ChatGPT can generate code, translate languages and answer programming questions, and I always see it open when the developers in my team are sharing their screens, so...
Microsoft Teams' new AI coach is a Black Mirror-esque tool that can help you improve your presenting skills by identifying when you're monologuing, using a flat tone of voice, or making too few pauses
Image: Microsoft
🤓 More interesting stuff
Microsoft is offering a bounty of up to $15,000 to anyone who can successfully derail Bing AI. This is likely a response to the disastrous launch of Bing AI, which was met with widespread mockery. The $15,000 bounty is a small sum compared to the potential damage a derailed Bing AI could cause.
Apple, hurry up. Four new AI-powered editing features are coming to Google Photos on the Pixel 8:
Image: Google Best Take, uses a series of similar photos to create a blended image with everyone's best expression
Magic Editor, make complex photo edits easily without the need of professional skills
Audio Magic Eraser, identify and reduce distracting noise in videos
and Zoom Enhance, intelligently fills in the gaps between pixels and predicts fine details
People are wearing the Quest 3 on the streets and it’s so random. Just like people wore Google Glass ten years ago.
Hope you enjoyed the picks 👽
Again, sorry to put this project on hold, life is a bit hectic atm. I’m sure you understand 🤝
As always, thank you so much for reading me every week, it means a lot 💚
By for now,
Martina ✨
That MS Teams feature is strange indeed.