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Meta moves on from its celebrity lookalike AI chatbots
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July 31, 2024
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1. Meta moves on from its celebrity lookalike AI chatbots
Meta
Meta has shut down its AI chatbots that allow users to interact with alter-ego versions of celebrities. The shutdown follows the rollout of AI Studio, a tool that allows US creators to create AI chatbots of themselves.
Meta initially planned to add more chatbots based on celebrities like Charli D'Amelio, Dwyane Wade, and Paris Hilton, but paid some celebrities millions for their likenesses. The company sees potential for AI chatbots, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed them with Alex Heath in an interview last year.
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2. NVIDIA Accelerates Humanoid Robotics Development
NVIDIA is offering a suite of services, models, and computing platforms to accelerate humanoid development globally. The offerings include NVIDIA NIM microservices for robot simulation and learning, the NVIDIA OSMO orchestration service for multi-stage robotics workloads, and an AI- and simulation-enabled teleoperation workflow.
These tools enable developers to train robots using small amounts of human demonstration data, reducing deployment times and enabling more efficient data capture. NVIDIA OSMO also simplifies robot training and simulation workflows, reducing development cycle times from months to under a week.
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3. Apple releases first preview of its long-awaited iPhone AI
Apple
Apple has released the first version of Apple Intelligence, a suite of artificial intelligence features that improve Siri, generate emails and images, and sort notifications.
The software is available for developers to test and will not be released alongside new iPhone hardware. Investors hope the integration of AI with Apple's operating system will spur upgrades in the coming years.
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4. Amuse 2.0 beta released for easy on-device AI image generation on modern AMD hardware
AMD
AMD Amuse 2.0.0 Beta is a program that allows users to generate high-quality images with AI models on modern AMD hardware-based PCs. It requires AMD Ryzen AI 300-series processors with at least 24GB of RAM or a Radeon RX 7000 system with at least 32GB of memory.
The program also allows users to convert paintings and drawings into digital images, create custom AI filters, and use AMD XDNA Super Resolution to speed up image generation times.
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5. Canva acquires Leonardo AI image startup to bolster generative offerings
Canva
Creative design platform Canva has acquired Australian startup Leonardo AI, which offers an advanced generative AI platform for creating images and art based on open-source Stable Diffusion AI models. Canva will integrate Leonardo's proprietary tech and "Phoenix" foundation model into its suite of AI products.
The company aims to continue its work with Canva's support and scale, using Canva's resources to accelerate research and development efforts and expand its platform's capabilities. The technology, including the Phoenix model, will be integrated with Canva's Magic Studio of AI features in the coming months.
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