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Todays show:
Vinny and Sunny are back! First, Vinny demos Waitroom (2:12), before the group breaks down Apple’s new Vision Pro headset (41:10), then, Sunny demos a suite of new AI tools, including Meta’s MusicGen model(19:53).
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Time stamps:
(00:00) Vinny and Sunny join Jason
(2:12) Waitroom's features
(5:38) Waitroom's design for VC's and Sunny's thoughts
(9:42) Features to add to next
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(19:53) Meta's MusicGen
(24:26) Creating music with AI
(29:03) Merge - Integrate up to 3 customers for free today at ⁠https://merge.dev/twist
(30:35) Exploring authenticity as AI becomes more prevalent
(32:27) Sunny demos LumaLabs
(36:55) Jason AI interviews Steve Jobs
(39:45) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist
(41:10) Apple's Vision Pro headset
(42:32) The key differences between Oculus Meta Quest and Apple's Vision Pro
(49:49) The effects of headsets in the workplace
(52:53) Using ControlNet to create artwork for QR codes
(56:39) Developing code using Replit
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