In tech news, the article reviews OpenAI's ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode, discusses Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition, Waymo's potential subscription program for teens, Instagram's new music feature, a new iPhone bug, Peloton's new fee for used equipment, and X's exit from Brazil. It also covers Donald Trump's meme posts on Truth Social, a new video of Boston Dynamics' robot Atlas doing push-ups, and Lindy founder Flo Crivello's efforts to train his AI not to Rickroll people.
Key takeaways:
- Over 30% of 7- to 9-year-olds, also known as “iPad kids”, are using X, according to data from parental control software maker Qustodio.
- The family of VC Marc Andreessen is planning to build a large planned community in the area of the hoped-for California Forever utopian city.
- U.K. investor and founder of IT company Autonomy, Mike Lynch, was identified as one of the bodies recovered from the yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily.
- OpenAI's ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode offers faster response times and unique answers, but still falls short as an effective replacement for virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa.