Black Mirror

Snap ships physical AR Mirrors, Atlassian launches an AI-assistant for JIRA, BeReal ships a Spotify integration feature

Good morning! YouTube pulled the AI Drake song after a UMG request, as a small sample in the video was protected by copyright. If the creator removes that sample and resubmits, it's going to be game on - generating a song using vocals that sound like Drake isn't copyright, so it'll be fascinating to see how Google reacts 👀 

🌶 Highlight of the day 🌶

Snap added physical AR 'Mirrors' to its enterprise services offering. The product is predominantly aimed at retail stores, letting end users try on clothing items in AR by standing in front of the Mirror and selecting specific items to display on-screen. Men's Wearhouse and Nike are among Snap's initial pilot customers 💼

It's an extension of Snap's AR enterprise offering unveiled last month, which Snap claims has driven a 67% uplift in conversion among mobile users for e-commerce customers 😳

 ♨️ Hot off the press launches

Big tech

  • Snap launches AR lenses powered by generative-AI 

  • Snap releases its AI-chatbot to all users for free

  • Netflix delays its password sharing crackdown

  • Atlassian ships an AI-assistant for JIRA and Confluence 

  • Tesla cuts Model 3 price to below $40k 

  • Salesforce is working on generative-AI driven workflow tools

General and early-stage

  • Stability AI launches a new open-sourced large language model 

  • BeReal ships a Spotify playing history integration 

  • Chegg launches a GPT-4 powered AI learning platform 

  • Mansa ships its free streaming service for Black culture

  • Whisper Aero unveils a noise-reduction tool for eVTOLs

🔍 Other good finds

  • Values. How to make better decisions and build a joyful career

  • Ouch. Google employees call Bard a pathological liar

  • Triangles. Coinbase to launch a derivatives exchange in Bermuda

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-  Amol