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ChatGPT access ease 💬, are Smart Devices a bad investment? 💡, Instagram & Threads HDR support 🌈

Today's TechToks: OpenAI's account-free ChatGPT access, the fallacy of Smart Device investments, HDR support for Instagram, trending GitHub repositories and more!

🤯 Game Changers

OpenAI is making ChatGPT accessible without an account, but with slightly more restrictive content policies and no ability to save or share chats, while users can still opt out of having their chats used for training the model.

🧐 Daily Picks

This repository provides resources and instructions for building and operating a cost-effective, lightweight robot arm ($250) with the option to create a leader arm for dual-arm control, utilizing Dynamixel servo motors and a cheaper alternative to the U2D2 adapter for computer connectivity, aimed at applications in robot learning and tasks like folding clothes.

The article expresses disappointment at the declining user experience of smart home devices, particularly those from Google, noting concerns such as inconsistent voice recognition, discontinuation of product ranges, and no updates for third-party displays.

"Too long don't README"

HeyForm is an open-source form builder that allows anyone to create engaging conversational forms for surveys, questionnaires, quizzes, and polls without any coding skills.

This repository contains OpenUI, a tool that aims to make the process of building UI components fun, fast, and flexible, and is being used by W&B to test and prototype their next generation tooling for building applications on top of LLMs.

📱 Product Picks

It's an extension that let you select what you’re curious about and get more info with a simple circling. And you can ask the built-in AI assistant for more insights. It’s a new way to search anything in browser without leaving the page or copy-paste.

Get automated, AI-powered code reviews that surpass existing tools. It offers real-time collaboration, fine-tunes reviews based on user feedback, and uses a configurable rule engine. Eliminate bugs, ship fast, and let developers focus on big problems.

April fools to promote Tap (https://heytap.tech). Does a smile take to much work? We got you! With moji you can start outsourcing your emotions. Hold up your moji and it will listen and react with appropriate animated emoji's for you!

Today from Engineering Blogs

The article discusses how Meta's Instagram and Threads apps have added support for high dynamic range (HDR) photos, allowing users to upload and share images with more true-to-life color and range, and the work done by Meta's Media Platform Team to enable this feature across different platforms and devices.