Best of TechCrunchMay 2023

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    Google launches a GitHub Copilot competitor

    Google launches a GitHub Copilot competitor to GitHub’s Copilot, a chat tool for asking questions about coding and Google Cloud services. At the core of virtually all of these new code completion and code generation tools is Codey. Google Cloud will use Codey to help developers manage all of their services on Google Cloud.

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    a16z-backed Rooms.xyz lets you build interactive, 3D rooms and simple games in your browser

    A team of ex-Googlers is today launching a new digital creativity platform, Rooms.xyz, into beta testing. The startup, backed by $10 million in seed funding led by a16z, offers a browser-based tool for designing 3D spaces — or ‘rooms’ - using drag-and-drop.

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    The official ChatGPT app is now available in 11 more countries

    The official ChatGPT app is now available in 11 more countries, including Albania, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Nigeria, Nigeria and the U.S. The app is a free app without any ads. When you open the app, you can start typing text in a text box at the bottom.

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    With Project Tailwind, Google aims to make note-taking smarter

    The goal, Google says, is to take a user’s freeform notes and automatically organize and summarize them. To use Tailwind, users pick files from Google Drive. Tailwind then creates a private AI model with expertise in that information, along with a personalized interface designed to help sift through the notes and docs.

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    Improving developer experience is now a priority

    Internal developer portals are a welcome tool to alleviate the cognitive load of developers. They also enable companies to build self-serve actions that developers can perform. The wider adoption of internal developer portals is correlated to the rise of platform engineering teams, whose role is to empower other developers.