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Microsoft is integrating Open AI's DALL-E2 with two new products: The Microsoft Designer app, and Image Creator for Bing and Edge.

Backstory: The two companies have deep ties. Microsoft has invested $1 billion in Open AI, and exclusively licensed the GPT-3 language model.

Details: Designer is a DALL-E2 powered Canva competitor. Users create and customize AI-generated images using dimension-specific templates, such as for an IG campaign.

Image Creator turns Bing and Microsoft's Edge browser into front-ends for DALL-E2, such that users can easily generate images by typing.

Why it matters: Bringing image-generation to search is a great on-ramp for DALL-E2, although let's be real - it's Bing, not Google... Nonetheless, the move points to a wild future where users simply create media if they can't find what they're looking for.

Using AI to create a good image today is finicky, and editing options are limited. Designer is a major step for using generative-AI to kickstart the creative process, as being able to customize natively speeds up time to minimum viable design.

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Big tech

• Microsoft launches Designer, a graphic design app competing with Canva

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• Microsoft Teams gets a premium tier, with meeting recaps + live translations

• Lyft tests new pay algorithm to boost driver growth

• Google starts rolling out passkey support for Android and Chrome  

• Google starts testing holographic video chats at real offices

General and early-stage

• Tealium builds a compliance tool for managing consumer data preferences  

• Betterment launches crypto investing with themed portfolios  

• Tinder launches voter registration tools 

• Beehiiv ships A/B testing and guest authors 

• Runway introduces AI magic tools

• Intercom launches an upgraded messenger product

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Broader tech happenings

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• E-commerce wins. TikTok plans to build its own fulfilment centers in the US

• Space net. Amazon to launch internet satellites on Boeing-Lockheed rockets

• Teaming up. Google and Samsung partner on Matter-enabled smart homes

• Fighting on. Epic Games and Match Group expand Google antitrust claims

Courtesy of mindless Twitter scrolling

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And that’s a wrap for today. Stay tuned for more!

- Amol