Happy Monday! A Formula E team was caught red-handed after secretly installing an RFID scanner to the racetrack, which let the team pull tire data from other cars in real-time. Talk about being data-driven 🏎️

🌶 Highlight of the day 🌶

Outset unveiled its AI-powered user interview product, which uses GPT-4 to autonomously lead in-depth interviews 🤖

Customers can share an AI interview link with participants after loading up an interview guide. For any given question, Outset’s AI generates themes, performs basic data analysis, and highlights quotes tied to specific insights.

I think about this type of product as akin to a qualitative survey on steroids - it’s not going to replace the need to speak to users directly, but it’s undoubtedly a useful tool to scale research efforts with minimal effort 🫎

♨️ Hot off the press launches

Big tech

• TikTok tests in-app shopping with Bytedance private label items

• Google launches a perspectives feed alongside Search results

• Google unveils a suite of accessibility features for classrooms

• YouTube tests an AI-powered dubbing tool for creators

• Cloudflare ships an Observatory tool for web-monitoring

• Meta to pull news from Facebook & IG in Canada due to new law

General and early-stage

• MongoDB unveils vector search for its Atlas service 

• Midjourney adds a camera-like “zoom out” feature to its AI models

• MotherDuck launches a serverless cloud analytics platform 

• Sequoia ships an online guide to the EU tech talent landscape

• SoulCycle to offer trainer-led sessions for focused work

🔍 Other good finds

• Be cool. How branding can be a strong growth lever 

• Wow.. “IRL” app shuts down as audit finds 95% of users are bots

• Scoped. How companies are repurposing military-grade AI

🧈 Twitter nugget

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- Amol