AI Top-of-Mind for 4.12.24 — Intel’s Gaudi 3
Top-of-mind is Intel with their Gaudi 3 AI Accelerator announcement. More from Intel, and evidence that it will give Nvidia a run for its money. They also explain how from the software side it is almost a drop-in replacement.
Turning to models and creative, Prashant Kalepu writing in ‘Towards AI’ takes another look at Sora’s architecture and its innovations including the concept of ‘a cascade of diffusion models.’ He also details capabilities and limitations. Then Ignacio de Gregorio, also in Towards AI, details RAG 2.0 and whether RAG in general will become obsolete.
You’ve seen me post on the global internet infrastructure. Tabrez Syed in ‘Artificial Intelligence in Plain English’ draws parallels between today’s AI frenzy and the trillion-dollar fiber bubble at the turn of the century. A great history lesson, and looking at the chart below, if we’d populate it with AI, how many will be around a decade from now?
It leads into Andrew Zuo’s thoughts on when the AI bubble will burst due to costs. But a good graphic on what Intel considers to be an ‘AI PC,’ in case you were wondering. He also makes the point that the Rabbit R1 is now on its 7th batch, so someone is buying something!
On marketing, why use real people when you can use virtual? ‘The Information’ reports that TikTok is trialing virtual influencers, and it is just a step beyond earlier notes from Spain, Japan, and elsewhere. Only problem is if TikTok gets to the point where they don’t identify the real from the unreal. And then marketing gone bad, with Lego accused of once again using AI images in ads, after they stated they’d not do so.
And a novel but not new approach by the ad firm FCB NY. ‘The Drum’ looks at the McEnroe vs McEnroe campaign, pitting the real vs the virtual.
Finally, a few posts on the society front. Given the use of Gen AI for copyediting, what words and phrases are dead giveaways, and why? Kem-Laurin Lubin draws a parallel with the series ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ and why ChatGPT is possibly only living in the former. And continued challenges in schools with the growth of deepfakes. More from the OC Register.’
