GPT-3 beta, Video Chat Web Apps, & more

Your Twilio Developer Digest - August Edition. Developer Digest - August Edition [Developer Digest] [Ahoy Twilio] Welcome to Twilio's Developer Digest, where we share the latest tutorials and updates in our world. This is our first developer newsletter update in 18 months – but wouldn't you know, we plugged it in, and it booted right back up. GPT-3 – an autoregressive language model trained on 175 billion parameters – exploded onto the scene quickly after its introduction in May and beta release in June. OpenAI, the lab behind GPT, trained it on roughly two orders of magnitude more parameters than its predecessor – the aptly named GPT-2. Suffice to say: GPT-3 shows us that AI is going to change things (and quickly). In this Developer Digest, we explore the GPT-3 beta, plus several other interesting posts we featured in the last month. [The Ultimate Guide to OpenAI's GPT-3 Language Model]( GPT-3 is a game-changer. It exploded onto the scene only recently, but people already are using it to write creative fiction stories, build Turing Test-passing chatbots, and transform complex topics into easier to read summaries. Beyond that, it's accessible. Miguel Grinberg wrote a guide on how to use their private beta playground without any prior knowledge of natural language processing or machine learning required. Check out the [Ultimate Guide to GPT-3](. [Building with ASP.NET Core and Twilio APIs: A New Free On-Demand Twilio Workshop]( Do you prefer your tutorials in video form? You're not alone – and if you work in ASP.NET Core, we've got a gift for you. [Developer Evangelist Layla Porter]( recorded an extensive video series showing how to build an ordering system for the fictional Cloud City Cake Company. Learn how to set up an app and integrate Twilio APIs while incorporating best practices. [Sign up here to access the video series for free right now](. [Securing your Twilio Webhooks in Java]( When Twilio receives communications such as SMS or voice calls (or... faxes), we use webhooks to tell your app and let you respond to the incoming event. But how do you know those requests are coming from Twilio? Matthew Gilliard has the answer. He shows how to validate Twilio's webhook requests in a Java Spring project. Learn all about how to [secure your Java Twilio app](. [Building a Video Chat Web App with ASP.NET Core Blazor and Twilio Programmable Video]( Telemedicine and distance learning were already increasing in importance when COVID-19 proved how integral they would be to our response. Luckily, it's straightforward to create a reliable, robust video chat solution nowadays – and author David Pine can prove it. Whether you're building video applications for healthcare, education, or something completely different, [try this epic tutorial]( on building video chat with ASP.NET Core and a Blazor WASM frontend. [Generating Dragon Ball Fan Fiction with OpenAI's GPT-3 and Twilio SMS]( Fan fiction has been popular on the internet as long as there has been an internet. What's new? Getting an AI to write it for you. Sam Agnew sets GPT-3 loose on Dragon Ball, producing some elaborate fictional scripts then sending them as text messages. [See the tutorial and code](. [Twilio Perks for Students and Educators Now Available with GitHub Education]( Currently in school? Work in education? Twilio is thrilled to partner up with Github in the [Github Student Developer Pack](. [Read our announcement]( and get started learning and doing today. SIGNAL, Twilio’s Customer & Developer Conference, is coming September 30, and it’s completely virtual this year. We can’t wait to see you there: [grab your ticket today](. Got a topic you'd love to see in Dev Digest? Got a bit of feedback? We're listening. Drop us an email at [community@twilio.com](. If you love this Digest, please share it! [Share on Twitter]( [We can't wait to see what you build!] [Twilio]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Don't want to receive emails from Twilio? [Change your email preferences](. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at . If you're having trouble reading this email, try the [web version](. Twilio 375 Beale St, San Francisco, CA 94105