Tinder goes ultra-premium, Amazon invests in Anthropic and Apple explains its new AirPods

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Tinder go ultra-premium: Tinder has rolled out A Dear $499 per month subscription double “Tinder Select," which understand unique benefits as THE ability has be seen by more users, including Tinder "most research profiles”, And THE option has direct message others without First of all corresponding to with them. As Sarah writing, these abilities alone are not What will sell Tinder Select necessarily -It is THE exclusivity. Tinder said that less that 1% of users will be allowed has earn to access has THE prime level.

Amazon invests In Anthropic: Amazon has agreed has invest up has $4 billion In THE AI to start up Anthropic, THE two companies said, as THE e-commerce band not up It is rivalry against Microsoft, Meta, Google And Nvidia In THE rapid growth generative AI sector. Amazon will initially invest $1.25 billion For A minority bet In Anthropic, which as that of Google Bard And Backed by Microsoft OpenAI works A Powered by AI, text analysis and generation bot.

Apple explain It is new AirPods: In A sit down with Brian, Apple executives Ron Huang (VP of detect And connectivity) And Eric Treski (product marketing director) discussed THE new features of Apples last generation AirPods, including adaptive audio, personalized volume, of conversation awareness And AirPods Pro 2 Vision Pro connectivity.

Reddit departures paid users — In species: Reddit on Monday announcement A donor program How's it going price users real, real money For their fake the Internet points. Amandine reports that NOW, eligible users — those resident In THE WE. WHO are on THE age of 18 And can check their identify, And who has had A account For more that 30 days — will be able has convert THE Reddit gold And karma they have won Since safety at work posts In decree currency (No, not crypto), has be disbursed once by month.

OpenAI looks has increase more species: OpenAI East In discussions has maybe sell actions In A move that would be booster THE the company assessment has somewhere between $80 billion And $90 billion. He come just After OpenAI selected up A little on $300 million In funding Since donors such as Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Prosper And K2 Global has A assessment of $29 billion — separated Since A big investment (~$10 billion) Since Microsoft announcement earlier This year, which farm In January.

ChatGPT earnings A voice — And other features: ChatGPT East evolution In a lot more that A text based research engine, with...