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Ghostreader5/31/2023 Copilot(s) of writing (there's actually like 50 of these already popping up around various writing verticals, but you might be most interested in learning about Lex made by our friends at Every).The usefulness of Github Copilot has led to the (probably accurate) prediction that we'll soon see Copilots of everything including: Most engineers report something like a 40% to 100% boost in coding productivity, which is unheard of for a first generation AI product leading to reactions like the co-founder of Instagram saying, "This is the single most mind-blowing application of machine learning I’ve ever seen." ![]() I'll not digress into LLMs here except to say that the best real world product using this innovation (so far) is Github Copilot, which suggests code as you type inside your code editor. Unless you've been living under a rock the past six months, you've probably heard about this new generative AI revolution catalyzed by large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI's GPT-3 and DALL♾ 2. We've even provided a flexible templating language that enables you to construct document-level prompts simply not possible in vanilla GPT-3 Playground. You can now preview using GPT-3 throughout the Reader web app to perform actions such as defining words in context, looking up encyclopedia entries, translating to other languages, explaining complex language in simpler terms, summarizing, tl dring, generating flashcards, writing permanent notes, asking the document a question, and more. This is a gnarly feature so I wrote quite a bit, but the tl dr is: Let's get into it! Ghostreader: "Copilot of Reading" Preview □□ That said, this newsletter still contains many fun updates including a preview of GPT-3 copilot baked into the reading experience (codename: Ghostreader), a new RSS Discovery flow, the first implementation of document-level notes, the full-fledged Safari extension, and a new Reader 202 video on filtered views produced by our very own Erin. But unfortunately we'll need to wait until after Argentina to ship. We have a lot of updates in the final stage of testing that, candidly, I thought I'd be including in this newsletter such as the second half of Home Screen, reflowable PDFs, and a Feed UX overhaul. I'm sending this quick product update before our team gathers tomorrow in Buenos Aires, Argentina for our third team offsite since Covid lifted.
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