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• Spotify unveiled a redesigned look for its TV app. 
• Could this replace a phone? Humane finally revealed its AI-powered pin.
• Figma launched a new suite of AI tools for its whiteboard product: FigJam. 

Elon Musk announced Grok last week, the company’s own competitor to the likes of ChatGPT and Bard. According to Musk, Grok has a more “rebellious” nature compared to others on the market, and it’s inspired by The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. 

Musk posted an example of this more sarcastic tone with a screengrab of a prompt asking Grok for step-by-step instructions for making a certain illicit drug. Included in its response were directions to obtain a “chemistry degree” and to set up a “clandestine laboratory in a remote location.” I mean, it’s not wrong? 

If you’re wondering where the name comes from, Grok is a word coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his novel “Stranger in a Stranger Land.” It’s a Martian term with no direct earthling translation.

Check out our recap to see how it differs from others on the market.

🎶 New Beatles track: What year is it!? The Beatles dropped a new track that is likely to be their last. But how when only two members are still alive? AI, of course!

📱 Return of the iPod, kind of, but not really: It's 2023, and Urban Outfitters are now selling iPods. Not the sentence we expected to type today, but it's true. The brand is seemingly trying to capitalize on Gen Z's obsession with early 2,000s tech.

🚔 A new GTA game: Ten years after GTA 5 dropped and thousands of hours spent playing, Rockstar is finally ready to reveal the next instalment in the popular game franchise.

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