CR 583: A Shekel for Every Click¶
- Air Date: 2024-08-14
- Duration: 53 mins 45 secs
About this episode¶
Apple goes into full crackdown mode and begins to squeeze even more out of developers and creators. Plus, why tiny models are suddenly the rage.
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- Ford could be working on a camera system that automatically reports speeding vehicles — A recent patent filing by Ford titled "Systems and Methods for Detecting Speeding Violations" appears to show that the company is looking at a way of automatically snitching on speeding motorists.
- In AI, Smaller, Cheaper Models Are Getting Big Attention — OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft are investing in more affordable alternatives to large language models.
- What is InstructLab? — InstructLab is an open source project for enhancing large language models (LLMs) used in generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) applications. Created by IBM and Red Hat
- InstructLab Demo: Lowering the barrier to AI model development - YouTube
- granite-code-models — Granite Code Models: A Family of Open Foundation Models for Code Intelligence
- macOS Sequoia adds weekly permission prompt for screenshot and screen recording apps — . Apple is rolling out a change that will require you to give explicit permission on a weekly basis to these types of apps, and every time you reboot your Mac.
- macOS Sequoia makes it harder to run apps that don’t follow Apple’s rules — In macOS Sequoia, users will no longer be able to Control-click to override Gatekeeper when opening software that isn’t signed correctly or notarized. They’ll need to visit System Settings > Privacy & Security to review security information for software before allowing it to run.
- Apple Requiring Patreon to Use In-App Purchase and Pay 30% Fee for Memberships — Apple is requiring Patreon to adopt the in-app purchase system, a process that Patreon started at the beginning of the year.
- Gergely Orosz on X — Following news that Apple succeeded in taking 30% from Patreon subscriptions, Substack reveals it's working w Apple for in-app subscriptions. Terrible idea, given it would mean Apple takes 30%, Substack 10%, Stripe 3%: so 43% goes to platforms.
Tags¶
app security rules, apple's app store policies, arcee.ai, automatic speeding violation reporting, coder radio, developers, development podcast, ford patent, google pixel 9 announcement, in-app purchase requirements, instructlab, law enforcement vehicles, linux advantages, macos sequoia permission changes, patreon fee increase, pixel 9 pro and pro xl announcement, potential standardization, purpose-focused llms, screen recording apps, small ai models