Kinside Scoop 👀#8
Squashing bugs, secret chats, and upcoming features
Hey folks 👋
We’re back again with your regular Kin update.
This one’s about tightening bolts, peeking behind the curtain, and making journaling feel just a little more like you.
As usual, you’ll find this week’s super prompt at the end - so make sure to read on.
What’s new with Kin 🚀
Our dev team has been solidly in the trenches, tightening up bolts and preparing new features for you. Here’s what we can tell you right now:
We’ve been on a bug hunt 🐛
You might’ve noticed things feeling a little snappier, smoother, or less... weird (unless you’re using the Chaotic Kin personality 😛).
That’s because the team have been working especially hard on the reports from our community, polishing up the rough edges, improving responsiveness, and all-round squashing bugs.
This is an endless task, though - so if something still feels off to you, let us know. You can screenshot in-app or drop it in our Discord.
A new Journaling experience is almost here ✍
Like we’ve been saying for a while now, we’ve been reimagining what Journaling in Kin could feel like.
More flexible.
More personal.
More... you.
Now, though, it’s close to launch - and built from everything we’ve heard from your feedback so far.
Stay tuned. We’ll share how to try it as soon as it’s live.
Clara wants to talk to you 🤫
Our resident UX researcher, Clara, is reaching out in our Discord to interview users like you about a upcoming feature - a secret feature.
Whether you like sneak peeks, care about thoughtful design, or just wants to continue shaping what Kin becomes next, this is your chance.
If you’re signed up to our Discord server (you can do it here), you just need to drop Clara a DM to get started. You can also read her Discord announcement here.
(And no, we can’t tell you what the feature is yet. But we promise it’ll be worth it.)
Our current reads 📚
Article: Sam Altman wants ChatGPT to remember your whole life
READ - TechCrunch
Article: Nvidia sees ‘personal supercomputers’ as the next step in AI
READ - PCMag
Article: New Anthropic AI model threatens blackmail if told it’ll be deleted
READ: BBC News
Article: OpenAI updating its Operator AI agent to run on powerful reasoning model o3
READ: Reuters
Our online vibe ✨
Go here to check out one of our latest video, which is talking all about what ethical AI is, and how we’re spearheading it.
This week’s super prompt 🤖
“How have I changed over the last year?”
If you have Kin installed and updated to the latest version (0.3.17), click the link below to instantly start learning about the ways you’ve grown that you may not have noticed.
As a reminder, you can do this on both Android and iOS.
Spam us - it’s okay 📩
Hearing from all of you has allowed us to make Kin unique in the tech space.
You’re the key to that continuing.
So, whatever you have to say about Kin - bugs, ideas, praise, criticism….
We want it. Just reply to this email, ping us in Discord…
Reply to this email. Ping us in Discord. Or, take a screenshot and report it in-app 💬
Thanks for believing in Kin, and helping us build ethical, personal AI.
With you, we’re able to contribute to the future AI is meant to have.
Until next time,
The KIN team
