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! 👇

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💫 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

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🤓 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.

  

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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 ✨