AWS has been around for nearly all the big computing transformations of the 21st century so far. Selipsky’s not worried about the next one.
The music streaming giant has now rolled out its DJ beta — which creates and commentates on an ever-updating personalized playlist — to 50 markets around the world.
Spotify Premium subscribers in any of the countries listed can now access DJ from the Music feed in the English-language version of the app.
Apple says it’s been working on AI research for years, and recent job listings show its current focus, reports the Financial Times.
Over the last few months company has posted dozens of AI jobs in the US, France, and China, looking to fill roles that could help build generative AI tools that use local processing on mobile devices, like this one:
We are seeking a candidate with a proven track record in applied ML research. Responsibilities in the role will include training large scale language and multimodal models on distributed backends, deployment of compact neural architectures such as transformers efficiently on device, and learning policies that can be personalized to the user in a privacy preserving manner.
AI Weirdness’ gently surrealist designs are always delightful, and its AI-generated slogans for baby onesies are no exception. But it’s particularly fascinating to watch author Janelle Shane struggle against the stultifying blandness of modern LLMs, to the point where she now gets the best results by asking AI tools to imitate her own blog’s style:
In my opinion, the most interesting creative use of large language models is to generate text that’s nothing like a human would have written. [...] In that sense, BLOOM, with its less-perfect retrieval of human output, is better at this task than GPT-4.
It is creepy to me however that the only reason this method gets BLOOM to generate weird designs is because I spent years seeding internet training data with lists of weird AI-generated text.
[AI Weirdness]
“Inside Amazon, every one of our teams is working on building generative AI applications that reinvent and enhance their customers’ experiences,” the CEO said on the company’s Q2 2023 earnings call on Thursday. He also highlighted some of AWS’ products in the generative AI space, like its AWS Inferentia chips and its Amazon Bedrock service.
AI is still a hot topic this earnings season, with Tim Cook trumpeting Apple’s work in AI on Thursday as well.
[ir.aboutamazon.com]
Nothing, except for all the work they’ve been doing for years. At least, that seems to be the takeaway from what Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC today.
“We view AI and ML as fundamental core technologies. And they are virtually embedded in every product that we build,” Cook said.
“On a research basis, we’ve been doing research for on AI and machine learning, including generative AI, for years,” he added.
Companies like OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft say they’ve added ways to limit false information on their AI models. It’s not enough for users who have seen their reputation harmed by fake, AI-generated accusations of crimes like terrorism — and have found little legal protection. Now it’s a race to see who can protect people faster: technology or the government.
[The New York Times]
Semiconductor maker Arm may be worth as much as $60 billion and $70 billion in an IPO that could happen as soon as September. The AI boom couldn’t come at a better time for Softbank, which owns Arm, and has been struggling with its startup investments.
[Bloomberg.com]
