🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #294

It's Friday - time to celebrate your progress this week!

#Embarrassing-Conversations-With-AI - Meta AI app was meant to be your conversational partner. Instead, users are using it as a private diary. From asking about questions about their private parts to discussing about their marital problems - Meta’s AI seems to have seen it all - except, it’s not just Meta AI that’s seeing it. User’s mistakenly are using the AI in “public”, meaning everybody else is able to see what questions they have been asking! 😯

#Wikipedia-AI-Rollback - Wikipedia was testing AI summaries in some articles. The project has been frozen after editors voiced their opinions. Some called the addition of AI a "ghastly idea" and "PR hype stunt".

#AIAssistedCoding - Canva seems to have joined the AI bandwagon in a different manner. They are now encouraging candidates that interview with them to actively use AI tools, just like they would on the job.

#Pixel6a - Google's got a hot mess on their hands - literally! The Pixel 6a is catching fire and they're having to warn owners about a potential battery overheating issue. Like, remember that time the Pixel 4a had the same problem and they had to recall it? Yeah, it's happening again.

#NASA - NASA's shutting down social media accounts for Voyager and Mars rovers, claiming it's to "streamline communications", but it's probably just a cost-cutting move, you know, because the current admin is trying to cancel some of their programs, and they don't want to deal with the backlash on social media.

OpenAI In Talks With India's Reliance Industries To Raise $40 Billion
OpenAI is in talks with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, India”s Reliance Industries, and current stakeholder MGX from the United Arab Emirates. The company plans to raise an extra $17 billion by 2027, though details are likely to change.

Stripe Acquires Crypto Wallet Provider Privy
Stripe Inc. has agreed to acquire crypto wallet provider Privy. The deal builds on the payment company’s recent acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge. Privy helps companies build crypto wallets into their user experiences.

Instagram - Introduced the ability to rearrange your grid

Copilot Vision - Introduces screen sharing and real-time analysis for Windows users, allowing the AI assistant to coach, analyze, and provide insights on shared apps and content.

Instagram - Adds feature to automatically share currently playing Spotify song in Instagram Notes.

Hyperdx | Resolve production issues, fast. An open source observability platform unifying session replays, logs, metrics, traces and errors powered by Clickhouse and OpenTelemetry.

Beachpatrol | A CLI tool to replace and automate your daily web browser.

Container | A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It's written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon.

CSS View Transitions
Learn how to create smooth and seamless transitions between different states of a webpage using CSS View Transitions, a new feature that allows for more control over the transition process. The code example provided demonstrates how to add a highlight effect to a navigation menu item using CSS and JavaScript.

Effective Collaboration In UX
Great UX doesn’t happen in isolation. It takes conversations with engineers, alignment with product, sales, and other stakeholders, as well as the ability to listen, adapt, and co-create. Collaboration is key to successful UX design, not just individual skills. It involves working with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and customers to co-create solutions, especially in a remote work era.