Subj : OpenAI Strawberry 🍓, SpaceX first spacewalk 🧑‍🚀, prompt engineering framework 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed Sep 11 2024 10:34:06 ---kS2cXM4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OpenAI's Strawberry can reportedly solve math problems it has never encou= ntered before and 'think' about a question before answering.=C2=A0=20 S= ign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGE= THER WITH [Monogram Technologies] [4] TLDR 2024-09-11 8% DIVIDEN= D OPPORTUNITY ENDS TOMORROW (SPONSOR) [4]=20 By the year 2027, 50% of k= nee replacement surgeries will be robotic =E2=80=93 up from 12% today. 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