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WhatsApp builds a newsletter feature, Snapchat launches an AI chatbot, Spotify kills the 'heart' button

Good morning! Thanks to a leaked product brief, Open AI's pricing for a new developer product is now public. Looks like "more robust fine tuning options" for new models are on the way.

Highlight of the day

WhatsApp is building a private newsletter feature. The one-to-many broadcast tool will be optional and self-contained within its own section of the WhatsApp status tab. With 2 billion DAUs, WhatsApp could quickly become a major player in the space depending on how much it leans into newsletters.

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

  • Spotify replaces its 'heart' button with a plus sign 

  • Snapchat launches an AI chatbot powered by OpenAI

  • Reddit lets users search comments on posts 

  • Tesla pauses new Full Self-Driving beta installations

  • Google launches new accessibility features for Android and Wear OS 

  • Waymo to test driverless robo-taxi rides in LA

General and early-stage

  • VSCO ships text-based posts and expanded user-to-user messaging 

  • Mammoth launches an iOS app to simplify Mastodon setup 

  • Xiaomi ships dynamic framing on its camera

  • Overtime unveils a new boxing vertical product 

  • Gynger ships a financing product for software & infra purchases 

Other good finds

  • The end. Open AI's plan for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

  • Single focus. Meta is consolidating company-wide generative AI efforts

  • Cough up. How every social media company is embracing subscriptions

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- Amol