Good Morning! OpenAI's has launched SearchGPT, a new AI search tool that they are hoping will challenge Google. Also heads up, if you use GitHub there's a hacker scheme you'll want to know about. Last but not least, Google is rolling out Collections, a new Play Store feature from Google I/O.

— Forrest Knight & Meghanadh Vasireddy

OpenAI's SearchGPT vs Google

OpenAI has just dropped a bombshell in the search engine world with their new SearchGPT prototype. This AI-powered search tool is poised to give Google a run for its money, leveraging OpenAI's advanced language models to deliver a more intuitive, conversation-like search experience.

At its core, SearchGPT is designed to understand context and maintain a coherent dialogue throughout your search session. Unlike traditional search engines, it allows for follow-up questions, potentially enabling deeper exploration of topics. The system integrates real-time web information, ensuring you get the most up-to-date results.

Publisher Partnerships and Controls: OpenAI isn't going it alone. They've partnered with select publishers to surface high-quality content in SearchGPT's responses. Moreover, they're giving publishers unprecedented control over how their content appears in search results. This move could potentially reshape the dynamics between search engines and content creators.

On the technical side, OpenAI is tackling the challenge of AI safety head-on. They've introduced a new approach called Rule-Based Rewards (RBRs), which complements traditional human feedback methods in training AI models. This system uses step-by-step rules to evaluate how well a model meets safety standards, potentially offering a more scalable and consistent approach to AI safety.

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GitHub Hit by Clever Hacker Scheme

Hackers, called "Stargazer Goblin," has been using GitHub in a sneaky way to spread harmful software. Experts from Check Point found about 3,000 fake accounts messing with the site since June 2023.

The hackers are:

• Using GitHub's own tools (stars, forks, and watches) to make bad code look good

• Pretending their harmful code is actually useful software

• Mainly going after Windows users looking for free programs

The head hacker sells their services to others, helping spread different types of malware like:

• Atlantida Stealer

• Rhadamanthys

• Lumma Stealer

They advertise on shady online forums and Telegram, offering to copy real code pages and provide trusted-looking accounts. The experts think this scheme might have made up to $100,000, with $8,000 earned in just one month (mid-May to mid-June 2024).

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Android's New Collections Feature

Google is rolling out Collections, a new Play Store feature that aggregates content from installed apps into themed widgets. First previewed at Google I/O, Collections aims to boost user engagement by centralizing relevant content in "intent-oriented spaces" like Watch, Listen, Shop, and more.

For developers, Collections offers way more control over content presentation. The Engage SDK allows creation of up to five recommendation clusters, personalizable based on user behavior and organizable by themes. A featured cluster highlights top promotions in a larger UI element.

Technically, Collections leverages deep linking to seamlessly transition users to specific in-app locations. It can prompt for sign-ins on installed but inactive apps and even showcase content from uninstalled apps to drive re-downloads.

Integration requires adopting the Engage SDK. Over 35 major apps, including Spotify and Amazon Prime Video, have already implemented Collections support.

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🔥 More Notes

• Organizations shift away from Oracle Java as pricing changes bite

• StackExchange is changing the data dump process, potentially violating the CC BY-SA license

• 2024 results from Stack Overflow’s Annual Developer Survey

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