📆June 4th 2024📆 

It’s a morning for hardware announcements again. With the debate over AI hardware showing the continued domination of AI in tech. We see this in another way through AI developed content on the ticket for awards.

• Windows 11 Recall Feature still under fire from privacy advocates - are you happy for this to be a default feature?

• Intel announces the Lunar Lake chip packed full of goodies for AI workloads

• Following Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's keynote recently, the company announced RTX enhancements to support AI Assistants

• CPUs, GPUs & NPUs oh my!! Each manufacturer fights their corner but who will emerge victorious?

• AI generated content takes to the stage with awards for AI generated film & influencer awards - controversy or just the next stage of content?

• As always, too much to put in headlines. Check out the Other News Rollup section for a quickfire review of the top stories in AI.

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📰 News 📰 

Windows 11 Recall Feature Security Concerns

Security expert Kevin Beaumont criticizes Microsoft's Recall feature for Windows 11, highlighting major security failings and potential risks of data exposure. The AI-powered feature captures users' PC activity in plain text, making it vulnerable to remote access by hackers. This is a perfect example of the ongoing debate between privacy & AI assistance. Highly personalised AI features require personal data but the knee jerk reaction is “but not my data” - the debate continues….

Read More At: TechRadar

Intel's Lunar Lake: Revolutionary AI Laptop Chip Unveiled

The AI hardware landscape continues to lean towards AI. Intel introduces Lunar Lake, a ground-breaking AI laptop chip with integrated memory, promising 14% faster CPU performance, 50% more graphics performance, and 60% better battery life. The chip features 8 cores, a new 4 by 4 system, improved E-cores, and a powerful Xe2 GPU. Lunar Lake triples AI hardware, offers H.266 VVC video support, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, and Thunderbolt 4 ports. Intel plans to release 80 laptop designs with Lunar Lake later this year.

Read More At: The Verge - All Posts

Nvidia's RTX Enhancements for AI Assistants

Nvidia introduces new RTX technology for AI assistants and digital humans, including Project G-Assist and Nvidia ACE, during CEO Jensen Huang's keynote at Computex. The RTX AI Toolkit aids developers in optimizing and deploying generative AI models on Windows PCs, with newly announced RTX AI PC laptops from ASUS and MSI featuring up to GeForce RTX 4070 GPUs. Collaboration with Microsoft brings GPU-accelerated small language models to Windows apps, while the RTX AI Toolkit offers faster and smaller models for PC developers.

Read More At: VentureBeat

AI Takes Centre Stage: From Film Festivals to Beauty Pageants

AI is making significant strides in creative fields, being represented in both the Tribeca Film Festival and the World AI Creator Awards. The Tribeca Film Festival will debut five AI-created short films using OpenAI's Sora model, which translates text to video. Filmmakers' feedback is expected to enhance the tool's capabilities, showcasing innovation in storytelling. Simultaneously, the World AI Creator Awards has introduced the first AI beauty pageant, featuring AI-generated influencers that challenge traditional beauty standards. Despite controversies, this event reflects the evolving landscape of modern influencer culture and the profound impact of AI on society.

The AI Accelerator Debate: CPUs vs NPUs vs GPUs

Arm argues that CPUs can efficiently run AI workloads without separate accelerators, challenging the trend of using GPUs and NPUs. The discussion covers power requirements, infrastructure, and the integration of AI technology, including Palantir's ML-based targeting system in the US military. Regardless of which corner you take, it can’t be argued that we are still a ways off matching the computational efficiency of the human brain - for those who say we’re inventing our last invention - take a ticket!!!

Read More At: The Register

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• DALL-E 3 - Creates highly detailed and imaginative images from textual descriptions. It utilizes advanced deep learning models to understand and render complex visual concepts, making it a powerful tool for artists, designers, and content creators looking to generate unique and creative visuals.

• Stable Diffusion - synthesis tool that offers advanced capabilities in generating photorealistic images from text prompts. It leverages cutting-edge diffusion models to produce high-quality visuals with fine details

• Midjourney - Image generation platform that explores new mediums of thought and expands the imaginative powers of users. Focused on design and human infrastructure, it provides a collaborative environment where users can create unique and artistic visuals through advanced AI technology.

🗞️ Other News Rollup 🗞️ 

Heavyweights Tussle: Musk vs LeCun - LeCun criticizes Musk for stifling progress, spreading misinformation, and unrealistic AI predictions. Musk faces direct rebuke.

Hugging Face Data Breach - Hugging Face's AI model platform breached, tokens revoked, security boosted. Impact undisclosed. Security measures upgraded.

Rubin AI Chip Advancements - Nvidia unveils Rubin AI chips quickly after Blackwell, aiming to outpace rivals with advanced technology.

AI in Edge - Microsoft upgrades Edge browser with AI for better website suggestions, enhancing user experience.

Gen AI Evolution - From LLMs to agent systems, explore the evolution of generative AI models and the future of complex solutions.

AI Moat Shifts to Products - Success in AI now relies on practical applications and user-friendly tools over ground-breaking research.

AI Deployment Made Easy - Nvidia's NIM microservices streamline AI deployment, empowering developers to create generative AI apps swiftly.

Amazon AI Detects Product Defects - Amazon's Project PI uses AI to detect defects pre-shipping, reducing returns and benefiting all.

AMD CPU Innovations - AMD unveils Ryzen AI 300 Series CPUs with 50 TOPS performance and block FP16 capability at Computex.

VMware's Broadcom Dilemma - Broadcom's VMware ownership faces challenges with price hikes and customer migration, uncertain future in AI chip market.

AI Overviews Limitations - Google's AI search feature faces errors, revealing limitations in AI technology and online information accuracy.

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