Spotify co-CEO, Alex Norström, in a recent interview, defended Spotify's expansion into AI-generated music, pitching the upcoming features as "legal" and "controlled" alternatives to unregulated AI music. …
… It previously announced MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview, followed by MAI-Transcribe-1 and MAI-Image-2 earlier this year. More recently, the company introduced MAI-Image-2.5, claiming improved text rendering, stylized illustrations, and commercial image quality compared to MAI-Image-2. …
… Essentially, foundational data centers are now turning into AI training frontiers. In just five years, the company is expecting a 50% split in AI and traditional data center workloads with the majority of it related to AI inferencing. …
… These data center expansions are being driven by AI demand. In November last year, Epoch AI shared data revealed five US data centers were expected to hit 1 GW peak capacity this year, meaning they would require the output of a dedicated nuclear reactor each. …
… While it could help Apple save on data center bills, it remains to be seen how a capacity-constrained model will actually perform in the real world. OpenAI is exploring legal options It's widely known that Apple has been struggling to make a mark in the AI world. …
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