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summaries of the latest blog articles from your favorite tech companies.
DoorDashDoorDash

How to Build a Flexible Customer Support Platform with Kotlin

Building a customer support platform with Kotlin to handle increased order volumes and diverse business needs at DoorDash.

1/24/2023
PinterestPinterest

Enforcing Device AuthN & Compliance at Pinterest

This technical blogpost discusses how Pinterest enforces device authentication and compliance in their Okta authentication flow.

1/24/2023
OpenAIOpenAI

OpenAI and Microsoft extend partnership

Exploring the expanded collaboration between OpenAI and Microsoft

1/23/2023
OpenAIOpenAI

OpenAI and Microsoft extend partnership

Extension of partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft

1/23/2023
Berkeley AIBerkeley AI

Fully Autonomous Real-World Reinforcement Learning with Applications to Mobile Manipulation

This blog post discusses ReLMM, a system that enables fully autonomous real-world reinforcement learning for mobile manipulation tasks, allowing robots to learn directly 'on-the-job' without the need for separate simulated training phases.

1/20/2023
RobloxRoblox

2022 Year In Review – Letter from our CEO

Review of Roblox's achievements in 2022 and the CEO's letter to the community.

1/18/2023
OpenAIOpenAI

Forecasting potential misuses of language models for disinformation campaigns and how to reduce risk

Mitigating language model misuse in disinformation campaigns

1/11/2023
InstacartInstacart

Getting to Know the Data Scientists at Instacart

A blogpost that introduces the data scientists at Instacart and explores their backgrounds, roles, and the value they bring to the company through their work on data analytics, insights, and experimentation.

1/11/2023
AirbnbAirbnb

Making Airbnb’s Android app more accessible

Improvements made to make Airbnb's Android app more accessible, including labeling UI elements, grouping related content, supporting large font scale, and more.

1/11/2023
OpenAIOpenAI

Forecasting potential misuses of language models for disinformation campaigns and how to reduce risk

Analyzing the risks and mitigations of using large language models for disinformation campaigns based on collaborative research by OpenAI, Georgetown University, and Stanford Internet Observatory.

1/11/2023
Two SigmaTwo Sigma

Building an Admin Portal for a Growing Nonprofit

Creating an admin portal to manage operations for an expanding nonprofit organization.

1/10/2023
DoorDash MLDoorDash ML

How DoorDash Upgraded a Heuristic with ML to Save Thousands of Canceled Orders

The blogpost describes how DoorDash upgraded a heuristic with machine learning to prevent thousands of canceled orders by accurately tracking merchant's operational status.

1/10/2023