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Hello, Iāve pulled my eyes from my X timeline to share some news with you.
So⦠hereās some news:
š NASA pointed the Webb telescope at our galaxy and itās beautiful.
š£ļø OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Voice for all free mobile users.
šø Binance CEO Changpen Zhao pleads guilty to federal charges and steps down.
This is one quick way to build an app

Youāve got the idea, now what? Usually, it means booting up your favorite text editor and starting to code. Thatās where the roadblock often comes in. Maybe you donāt know how to code to that level, or maybe you donāt have time.Ā
What if I told you there was an easier way, and no points for guessing that itās AI.Ā
Trace AI launched today. Trace AI helps you build your appās UI directly in Swift, but instead of having to design and hardcode it, you simply tell its AI engine what you want.Ā
Like a lot of AI-powered tools, its main interaction is in the prompt. The team even spent time building a document to explain what makes a good prompt and what doesnāt so you donāt waste time with sub-par outputs.Ā
According to the founder Vidy Thatte, time was a huge consideration when building Trace.
āEvery time I start a new iOS project, I have to write a ton of boilerplate code and build UI components from scratch. This is a massive time drain.ā
Trace AI runs in your browser, so no pesky downloads needed and when youāre done you can export your new creation as an Xcode file, Swift file, or even run it directly on your device.Ā
The team is aiming to rapidly improve Trace AI and apparently have some āinsaneā features in the pipeline. So if youāve been mulling over an idea, now is a good time toā¦
So weāre just⦠talking to software now?

ElevenLabs has been the go-to for voice for a while. Now they've turned that expertise into agents that actually get things done. You set one up, it talks like a real person, listens, responds, and helps handle the task ā support calls, bookings, whatever the job is. Not a demo, not a "press 1 for sales" situation. It's ready to deploy. Feels like one of those shifts where the interface quietly changes. Less typing, less clicking, more just saying what needs to happen and letting it play out.
White smoke rises

The OpenAI saga has seemingly come to an end after the company announced its fourth CEO in five days. Youāll never guess who. Itāsā¦.drum roll please⦠Sam Altman.Ā
Thatās right, the same man the board ousted is now back at the helm after the board also agreed to make changes.Ā
The company appointed former Salesforce CEO, Bret Taylor, as chair and appointed former Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers, to the board.Ā
CEO of Microsoft, Sayta Nadella also shared his delight at the news, saying āWe believe this is a first essential step on a path to more stable, well-informed, and effective governance.ā
Thus ends possibly one of the most rollercoaster-esque stories of 2023 in the AI world. For now, at least.Ā
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