Happy Friday! Instagram may be next on the paid verification train, after a hawk-eyed engineer saw references to a "paid blue badge" in Instagram's code. Looks like Elon's set the trend here ✅💰

Highlight of the day

Google will soon open up public access to LaMDA, it's Chat-GPT competitor. The large language model will be released "in the coming weeks and months", as Google responds to increasing pressure from Microsoft-backed Open AI. Time to grab the 🍿

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

• TikTok tests letting users reset their 'For You' page 

• TikTok introduces a strike system for violations

• Twitter replaces its free API with a paid tier 

• Lyft unveils dockable e-scooters and new docking stations 

• Open AI launches an AI-generated text detection tool 

General and early-stage

• Sony's PS5 gets Discord voice calls in beta 

• Samooha ships a data-collaboration platform

• Linktree unveils a suite of new monetization features

• Fanatics to launch live-streamed shopping 

• Rose AI launches a new data-management tool

Other good finds

• First Round. How catalysts drive product adoption 

• Doc Sundar. Google's fastest growing business is health-insurance

• Not so fast. Fans are mad that Netflix made an anime using AI

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- Amol