Five Recent Developments in Artificial Intelligence: Google’s AI Music Service, IBM to Release Meta’s Llama 2, and More
Today, there have been notable developments in the field of artificial intelligence. Discussions are underway between Google and Universal Music to establish a music service that utilizes AI technology to obtain licenses for artists’ melodies and voices in songs. Additionally, IBM is preparing to host Meta’s Llama 2 AI model on its watsonx platform. If you were unable to catch these or other similar AI-related updates, here is a brief recap of today’s AI highlights.
Google, Universal Music in talks for AI music service
According to a report in the Financial Times, Google and Universal Music are currently in talks about a new AI-powered service that will generate music after licensing artists’ melodies and voices to train their models. Negotiations between the two are in the early stages and no product information is currently known. Without naming the sources, the report said the goal of the discussion is to “develop a tool for fans to legally create songs of their musical heroes and pay copyright owners for it.”
Meta’s Llama 2 is released for IBM’s watsonx
International Business Machine, also known as IBM, announced that it will host Meta Platforms’ artificial intelligence language program Llama 2 on its own enterprise platform called watsonx, according to a Reuters report. The hosting platform is a business tool that provides an AI-integrated workflow to easily manage any AI model. Llama 2 is a commercial version of Meta’s open source artificial intelligence language model, launched in July and distributed by Microsoft’s Azure cloud service.
Microsoft is partnering with Aptop to combine the capabilities of AI and web3
Microsoft announced a partnership with Layer-1 blockchain-based Aptos Labs to create new business tools built on blockchain infrastructure and using artificial intelligence technology.
Mo Shaikh, founder and CEO of Aptos Labs, told TechCrunch+, “Both of us are focused on solving problems in our respective industries.” As part of the partnership, Microsoft can train its AI based on Aptop’s verified blockchain data.
“We predict that AI will be infused into web3 solutions at a larger scale in the coming months and years,” Daniel An, Microsoft’s director of business development for AI and web3, said in an email to TechCrunch+.
BlackBerry introduces a major update to Cylance AI
BlackBerry announced a major update to its proprietary Cylance AI engine, according to a blog post. The update improves organizations’ ability to predict threats by 40 percent compared to previous versions, the company claims. Cylance was launched in 2016 as an artificial intelligence cyber security solution that can also predict vulnerabilities.
Simpl releases cash register software supported by artificial intelligence
Simpl, a startup that offers a one-click checkout network, has announced an AI-powered checkout package that will eliminate cash-on-delivery from merchants over the next five years. According to a report by Financial Express, the new AI package offers features such as Pay After Delivery and Return-to-Origin (RTO) information.
“As a merchant-centric organization, we aim to settle the score with our AI-based solutions. To this end, we have developed a cashier package as part of our vision to eliminate cash on delivery from e-commerce by 2028. Using data science models, our APIs and pay after delivery solutions should help merchants reduce losses from CoD orders and returns , which helps build businesses,” said Puneet Singh, CTO of Simpli.
