AMD Takes on Nvidia with AI Chips

Welcome to our Wednesday edition!

In today’s menu:

• AI Inspiration Quote

• AMD’s AI Chip Plans

• Streamline your podcast experience

• Meet “Friend”: Your AI Companion

• Top Rated AI Tools

• Byte Sized news

• How to Create Short Videos with ToonCrafter

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AI INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE

LATEST NEWS

AMD’s AI Chip Plans

AMD Q2 2024 Earnings Highlight: Data Center Sales Surge

• Nearly 50% of AMD's sales now come from data center products.

• The AMD Instinct MI300 accelerator led to over $1 billion in sales this quarter.

• AMD plans to release new AI chips annually, starting with the MI325X later this year.

This shift signifies AMD's growing focus on data center and AI technologies, positioning them to compete closely with industry giants like Nvidia.

Streamline your podcast experience

Voicemod is an AI-powered voice changer for various uses like streaming, gaming, and video chats.

It offers over 90 voices and effects, a soundboard, and works with popular games and apps.

Voicemod also includes Voicebox and Voicelab for making custom voice filters and a Twitch Extension that lets viewers control your voice.

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Meet “Friend”: Your AI Companion

New AI Companion “Friend” by Avi Schiffmann

• Avi Schiffmann introduces “Friend”, an AI companion in a pendant.

• Unlike productivity AIs, “Friend” focuses on companionship.

• Schiffmann aims to launch 30,000 units by next January for $99 each.

This new approach to AI highlights a shift from task-oriented tools to emotional and social support, potentially changing how we interact with technology in our daily lives.

Top Rated AI Tools

🎙️PodSnacks: Streamline your podcast experience with bite-sized summaries delivered directly to your inbox

Simply Draw: AI feedback meets art - anyone can learn to draw

Infraforge: Cold email infrastructure + dedicated IP sorted In minutes

Kroto: Create professional how-to videos and guides, insanely fast

Lingoedit 2.0: Simplify translation and editing: your AI language companion

Dumb Phone: Turn your iPhone into a minimalist style phone

BYTE-SIZED NEWS | TOO HOT TO MISS

Azure (Microsoft's AI-powered cloud business) grew by 29% in the last quarter. This was less than analysts expected and slower than the 31% growth from the previous quarter.

How to Create Short Videos with ToonCrafter

ToonCrafter is a free AI tool on Hugging Face that helps you create short videos from just two keyframe images.

Here’s how to use it:

1. Go to the Hugging Face ToonCrafter page.

2. Upload two keyframe images (a starting and an ending image). Make sure they show the same character or scene with small changes.

3. Describe the action in the prompt field.

4. Adjust the settings as you like and click “Generate” to create your video.

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