💥Alibaba’s AI Coder: A Threat to OpenAI?

Alibaba launches AI coder that can build apps in minutes

Key Points 

• Powered by Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen LLMs, the AI tool boosts coding efficiency by over 10 times.

• The tool’s support for both VS Code and JetBrains positions it as a competitive alternative to OpenAI’s tools.

👨🏻‍💻News - Alibaba Group’s cloud computing arm has launched a new AI coder that promises to build an app in just a few minutes. The AI tool, part of Alibaba Cloud's Tongyi Lingma programming platform, can handle everything from understanding prompts to writing code and debugging, making the development process incredibly fast.

🕵🏻‍♂️What makes it better than what's out there? The AI coder is powered by Alibaba Cloud’s Tongyi Qianwen (or Qwen) large language models, the same type of technology behind services like ChatGPT. Alibaba claims this tool can increase coding efficiency by more than 10 times, making the process significantly faster. It also supports both Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and JetBrains’ IDEs—two major platforms used by developers worldwide, giving it a unique edge over other AI coders.

🥸Why this matters - The launch has sparked a lot of buzz among Chinese programmers, with many wondering if Alibaba’s AI coder could challenge the dominance of tools from US companies like OpenAI. If successful, it could have a significant impact on how apps are developed, not just in China, but globally.

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OpenAI to introduce new ways to personalize ChatGPT responses – here’s how

Key Points 

• Some users saw a revamped custom instructions menu with new fields to personalize ChatGPT’s behavior and tone.

• The update allowed specifying details like a preferred name, profession, and traits such as “Chatty” or “Gen Z.”

🤓News - OpenAI may soon roll out a new way for users to customize their interactions with ChatGPT. 

On Thursday, some users reported seeing a revamped version of the custom instructions menu on the web, with new options to personalize how the chatbot responds. These included fields to specify a preferred name or nickname, profession, and even personality traits like “Chatty,” “Encouraging,” or “Gen Z.”  (P.S. The options have since disappeared, possibly because they went live prematurely.)

🤔How’s this different from ChatGPT’s memory feature? This new update is different from ChatGPT’s memory feature, which allows the chatbot to remember or forget personal details across multiple chats. The customization menu is more about how users want ChatGPT to respond in a given conversation, rather than storing long-term information. 

Essentially, it’s an updated, more user-friendly version of the previous custom instructions feature, which used prompt engineering to adjust ChatGPT’s tone and style. 

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