Chris van der Loo

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Procreate defies AI trend, pledges ā€œno generative AIā€ in its illustration app

Procreate CEO: "I really f—ing hate generative AI."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/08/procreate-defies-ai-trend-pledges-no-generative-ai-in-its-illustration-app/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Procreate defies AI trend, pledges ā€œno generative AIā€ in its illustration app

Procreate CEO: ā€œI really f—ing hate generative AI.ā€ā€¦

Ars Technica
NEW: Apple and OpenAI have been silent on the financial terms of their ChatGPT deal. But here are the details: Apple and OpenAI aren’t paying each other and instead there’s money to be made later on revenue sharing deals. More here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-12/apple-to-pay-openai-for-chatgpt-through-distribution-not-cash
@rizzi since the focus seems to be on media including text, video, and audio, for the audio portion, are you considering an Apple Watch app?

I guess it's time for an update on what I've been working on over the last year: A new app, completely rebuilt and rethought from the ground up. This probably won’t replace the current Reeder (not going away) for a lot of users.

It's not just an RSS reader. The app allows you to access content from various other sources like Podcasts, YouTube, Mastodon, and more.

It won't sync everything, only your saved items (favorites etc).

No more unread counts, it remembers the scroll positions instead.

@BasicAppleGuy I love Apple’s attention to detail, even in their presentations. Move fast and break things? Nah. Move at the speed you need to do it right.
@ben I wasn’t sold until that last line, very good!
@macstories AllTrails is such a pleasure to use, well done!
Apple Announces Apps of the Year

Today, Apple unveiled the winners of its annual App Store Awards in 10 categories. Earlier this month, Apple revealed almost 40 finalists across its award categories for their innovation and excellence. As in the past, this year’s winners represent a broad cross-section of the App Store: Apps iPhone App of the Year: AllTrails, from AllTrails, Inc.

The platform formerly known as #Twitter will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet, reply, quote, repost, like, bookmark, and create list, reports Fortune.
https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/
EXCLUSIVE: X, formerly known as Twitter, will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet

X owner Elon Musk has long floated the idea of charging users $1 for the platform. Now, the team is moving the idea into production.

Fortune
@raiderrobert whoever said that needs an ego check