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Major AI Announcements at Computex 2024

At this week’s Computex event in Taiwan, major AI companies shared some big announcements that are set to shake up the tech industry. Let’s get started: 

Nvidia's big reveal: Nvidia introduced several groundbreaking technologies poised to revolutionize AI capabilities:

• Rubin Chips: Nvidia's next-generation “Rubin” chips—set to launch in 2026—will significantly enhance AI performance across various applications. This chip architecture, successor to Blackwell, will use HBM4 (high-bandwidth memory) and NVLink Switch (a scale–up interconnect), operating at a staggering 3,600GBps. 

• G-Assist, Nvidia’s new AI assistant for PC gaming and apps. It analyzes voice or text inputs and game snapshots to provide context-aware help.

• ACE (AI Content Engine) is Nvidia's new suite of AI technologies designed to create lifelike digital humans for game and platform developers. It automates natural language understanding, speech synthesis, and facial animation—making digital characters more realistic and interactive. 

AMD's lineup: AMD made headlines at Computex 2024 with their new Ryzen AI 300 series, laptop processors made specifically for generative AI workloads. They offer up to 50 TOPS (trillions of operations per second) for AI tasks—for context, Apple’s M4 has 38 TOPS.

Qualcomm takes AI to desktop: Qualcomm announced that their Snapdragon X Elite chips, previously exclusive to mobile devices, are now making their way to AI desktops.

Stability AI Unveils Stable Audio Open for Creative Sound Generation

Stability AI just released its latest generative AI model—a sound generator. No, not a music generator…just sound. 

A new sound frontier. Stability AI, known for its AI art generator Stable Diffusion, has unveiled Stable Audio Open, an open-source text-to-audio model. This model can generate up to 47 seconds of samples and sound effects, making it ideal for creating drum beats, instrument riffs, ambient sounds, and more. 

• Trained on ~486,000 samples from FreeSound and the Free Music Archive, it respects creator rights while delivering high-quality audio.

Unlike the commercial Stable Audio, which can produce full tracks and advanced compositions, Stable Audio Open focuses on short samples and sound effects.

How to use it: The model weights are available on Hugging Face, allowing users to download and fine-tune it with their custom data. 

• This open-source nature means users can tailor the model to their specific needs, from creating new drum patterns to unique soundscapes. 

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Asana Introduces AI Teammates

On Wednesday, Asana introduced AI teammates, a project management feature that could redefine productivity in the workplace. 

Introducing AI Teammates: Asana, a leading project management tool, introduced “AI teammates”—AI-powered tools that integrate into workflows to assist with tasks like managing help tickets and delegating tasks.

How does this work? These AI teammates are trained using Asana’s extensive database of how work moves within organizations. They can provide accurate task management by understanding specific workflows—but they also know to request additional information when needed. 

The details: Asana’s AI teammates leverage the company’s detailed mapping, AKA “work graphs,” of how tasks flow between individuals and departments. Work graphs help the AI understand each task's context and specific steps. 

• For example: If a help ticket is submitted with missing details, the AI teammate can prompt the user to provide information before sending it to the appropriate person for resolution.

• Samsung added AI upscaling to its new OLED gaming monitor.

• Using AI to decode dog vocalizations.

• Raspberry Pi partners with Hailo for its AI extension kit.

• Humane is reportedly trying to sell itself to HP for $1 billion.

• Google looks to AI to help save the coral reefs.

• Here’s what to expect from Apple’s AI-powered iOS 18 at WWDC 2024.