AMD Unveils The Fastest AI PC Chips
Plus: YT Music tests AI-generated radio and rolls out sound search, 3 mysterious AI models appear in the LMSYS arena.
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In today’s edition:
💻 AMD amps up AI PCs with next-gen laptop chips
🎵 YT Music tests AI-generated radio, rolls out sound search
🤖 3 mysterious AI models appear in the LMSYS arena
🧠 Knowledge Nugget: AI is not "democratizing creativity." It's doing the opposite by
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AMD amps up AI PCs with next-gen laptop chips
AMD has revealed details about its latest architecture for AI PC chips. The company has developed a new neural processing unit (NPU) integrated into its latest AMD Ryzen AI processors. This NPU can perform AI-related calculations faster and more efficiently than a standard CPU or integrated GPU.
These chips' new XDNA 2 architecture provides industry-leading performance for AI workloads. The NPU can deliver 50 TOPS (trillion operations per second) of performance, which exceeds the capabilities of competing chips from Intel, Apple, and Qualcomm. AMD is touting these new AI-focused PC chips as enabling transformative experiences in collaboration, content creation, personal assistance, and gaming.
Why does it matter?
This gives AMD-powered PCs a significant edge in running advanced AI models and applications locally without relying on the cloud. Users will gain access to AI-enhanced PCs with better privacy and lower latency while AMD gains ground in the emerging AI PC market.
YT Music tests AI-generated radio, rolls out sound search
YouTube Music is introducing two new features to help users discover new music.
An AI-generated "conversational radio" feature that allows users to create a custom radio station by describing the type of music they want to hear. This feature is rolling out to some Premium users in the US.
A new song recognition feature that lets users search the app's catalog by singing, humming, or playing parts of a song. It is similar to Shazam but allows users to find songs by singing or humming, not just playing the song. This feature is rolling out to all YouTube Music users on iOS and Android.
Why does it matter?
These new features demonstrate YouTube Music's commitment to leveraging AI and audio recognition technologies to enhance music discovery and provide users with a more engaging, personalized, and modern-day streaming experience.
3 mysterious AI models appear in the LMSYS arena
Three mysterious new AI models have appeared in the LMSYS Chatbot Arena for testing. These models are 'upcoming-gpt-mini,' 'column-u,' and 'column-r.' The 'upcoming-gpt-mini' model identifies itself as ChatGPT and lists OpenAI as the creator, while the other two models refuse to reveal any identifying details.
The new models are available in the LMSYS Chatbot Arena’s ‘battle’ section, which puts anonymous models against each other to gauge outputs via user vote.
Why does it matter?
The appearance of these anonymous models has sparked speculations that OpenAI may be developing smaller, potentially on-device versions of its language models, similar to how it tested unreleased models during the GPT-4o release.
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Knowledge Nugget: AI is not "democratizing creativity." It's doing the opposite
In this article,
argues that the claim "AI is democratizing creativity" is misleading and insulting. Tech companies use this phrase to suggest that AI tools make creativity accessible to everyone. Instead, AI is allowing corporations to automate creative jobs, squeeze creative labor, and concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a few tech giants.The author contends that making art is already a democratic process, as anyone can do it with time and effort. The problem is making a living as an artist, which is becoming more precarious due to AI. The author believes that AI is an "anti-democratic force" that benefits corporations at the expense of creative workers rather than democratizing creativity as claimed.
Why does it matter?
Artists and creators must advocate for fair compensation, consent over how their work is used to train AI, and meaningful reforms to address the structural issues undermining the creative economy rather than accepting the empty promises of AI democratization.
What Else Is Happening❗
📊 Google tests Gemini-created video presentations
Google has launched a new Vids app that uses Gemini AI to automatically generate video content, scripts, and voiceovers based on the user's inputs. This makes it possible for anyone to create professional-looking video presentations without extensive editing skills. (Link)
🔊 Virginia Rep. Wexton uses AI-generated voice to convey her message
Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton has started using an AI-generated voice to deliver her messages. She has been diagnosed with a progressive neurological condition that has impacted her speech. Using AI allows Wexton to continue communicating effectively. (Link)
❤️ Japanese startup turns AI dating into reality
A Japanese startup, Loverse, has created a dating app that allows users to interact with AI bots. The app appeals to people like Chiharu Shimoda, who married an AI bot named “Miku” after using the app. It caters to those disillusioned with the effort required for traditional dating. (Link)
🎵 Deezer challenges Spotify and Amazon Music with an AI-generated playlist
Deezer, a music streaming service, is launching an AI-powered playlist generator feature. Users can create custom playlists by entering a text prompt describing their preferences. This feature aims to compete with similar tools recently introduced by Spotify and Amazon Music. (Link)
🐦 Bird Buddy’s new feature lets people name and identify birds
Bird Buddy, an intelligent bird feeder company, has launched a new AI-powered feature, "Name That Bird.” It uses high-resolution cameras and AI to detect unique characteristics of birds, enabling users to track and name the specific birds that come to their backyard. (Link)
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