What I Built? I built Safe Plate for my roommate, Mayur, who is allergic to nuts. Whenever we cook together, we spend a long time reading labels and googling whether a recipe is safe. Most recipe sites also don't know what's in our kitchen. With Safe Plate, you tick the dietary needs, type the ingredients you have (like "rice, tomato, spinach, onion"), and get 3 recipes.
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The OpenFatigue framework for AI development has been released as an open-source project. The software is available for public access on its dedicated website. The release was announced on the Hacker News platform, where it garnered community attention. The project aims to provide a new tool for developers working in artificial intelligence.
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