UXH Mixology #4: From 0 to 8000
In this edition: Airbnb's Winter Release, OpenAI's Devday and we hit a milestone!
Namaskar! And by the time you read this, it’s likely Diwali. So wish you a very Happy & Prosperous Diwali!
Speaking of Happy times, it’s Happy times indeed at UXHack, as we welcomed our 8000th member this week. Woohoo! 🎉
Thanks to each of you for making it possible 🙂
🌏 Product & Design News:
OpenAI’s first developer conference
Open AI made quite a few announcements that have grabbed the eyeballs of the tech world.
From GPT Store, GPT-4 Turbo to ‘Copyright Shield’ for their enterprise customers, they are moving fast.
In fact with the series of announcements it has made, looks like quite a few AI startups built over its APIs will have to pivot.
In related news, Altman decided to ‘roast’ Elon’s pet AI project, Grok. Shots fired!
At 1.1 bn, Amazon records highest ever visits in Great Indian Festival 2023
Do notice how *every* metric, apart from the headline, is relative or a %age. No absolute numbers. This was 2x of last year… that was 50% more etc etc. No problemo Amazon, we believe you!
However, this part is interesting: 80% of the shoppers came tier 2 and tier 3 cities.
Humane officially launches the AI Pin, its OpenAI-powered wearable
Not sure what it is about this launch video, but all of it just feels like a… scam. Sure, it sounds like a cool idea, but why would someone buy this at $699? Are we missing something?
As an aside, the founders look ‘oh not so interested’. And if you think it’s just us, check out this thread for some hilarious content
💡 Interesting Reads:
1. Airbnb Winter Release 2023
If you are wondering who the man in the photo is, that’s Brian Chesky, Co-Founder of Airbnb. What he’s doing here is walking us through the changes Airbnb has made for hosts in their app. Loving the level of details, especially the icons. Worth a look
2. How Well Can ChatGPT Help UI/UX Professionals Design an App?
A good hands-on walkthrough of how to use ChatGPT to get better at your work.
The author deep dives into how to use ChatGPT to ‘Collect Requirements and Ideas’, ‘Generate Design Options’, ‘Do Competition Analysis’, and more.
PS: If you’ve posted a neat article or case study and would like to feature it here, drop us a line!
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What Nishith is watching this week
Nikhil Kamath’s podcast was on my list for some time.
Hopefully can watch some of those I bookmarked during Diwali break.
In every episode, he picks up an interesting topic and get a few experts to discuss and share their perspectives.
Hope you enjoyed this read. If you did, do drop us a ❤️ and share it with others. We’ll see you next week.
Cheerio!