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AI music editor developed by Sony and researchers can modify songs with text prompts
Latest in tech and AI + dev resources
Cool AI tools + see who raised funds
Prompt of the day and more
🗞️ HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY
TL;DR
Sony AI and researchers have created Instruct-MusicGen, an AI that edits music using text prompts. Building on Meta's MusicGen, it allows for precise modifications such as adding or removing instruments. The model is efficient, requiring minimal additional training.
Summary
Instruct-MusicGen developed by Sony AI and researchers.
Enhances Meta's MusicGen for text-based music editing.
Capable of tasks like adding/removing instruments.
Requires only 8% more parameters and 5,000 extra training steps.
Code and model are freely available.
What We Think
This innovation demonstrates significant advancements in AI's capability to interact with creative processes, streamlining music production. By enhancing an open-source model, the team ensures accessibility and further innovation. The minimal additional training needed highlights the efficiency and potential scalability of the technology.
⚡ LATEST IN TECH AND AI
Elon Musk has postponed the debut of Tesla's robo-taxi prototype, citing an "important design change" that requires additional development time beyond the anticipated August 8 launch date. This delay, likely lasting weeks or possibly months, comes amid heightened investor scrutiny following recent reports questioning the project's readiness.
Andrej Karpathy, a former engineer at OpenAI and Tesla, has launched Eureka Labs. This new platform disrupts traditional education by integrating AI directly into the learning experience. Teachers can design courses aided by an AI teaching assistant to guide students.
Microsoft's AI-powered Designer app is now available to anyone with a personal Microsoft account on Windows, iOS, and Android. The app allows users to create custom images, stickers, greeting cards, and more using templates. It uses AI to create and edit images on the go. Designer can edit and remove backgrounds, remove people or objects from images, and add text and branding to images. The app gives users 15 free daily 'boosts' that can be used to create or edit AI-powered images and designs. Upgrading to a Copilot Pro subscription gives users 100 boosts per day.
💻 DEV RESOURCES
Mistral has introduced Codestral Mamba, a new code generation model designed to enhance productivity with faster response times and the ability to handle longer input texts up to 256,000 tokens. This model outperforms other open-source models like CodeLlama 7B and DeepSeek in benchmarks and is available under an open-source Apache 2.0 license. Additionally, Mistral launched Mathstral for math-related reasoning, which also shows superior performance in its domain.
In a recent interview on Sequoia Capital's Training Data podcast, Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott asserted that large language model (LLM) scaling laws will continue to propel AI advancements, countering skepticism about stagnating progress. Scott emphasized that exponential growth in AI capabilities is ongoing, although infrequently observed due to the extensive time required for building supercomputers and training models. His stance is bolstered by his involvement in the $13 billion technology-sharing partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI.
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🤖COOL AI TOOLS
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💸 WHO RAISED?
Discover startups who just raised funds
LegalFly raises a $16.3M Series A — Legal AI agents.
Modicus Prime raises a $3.5M Round — Computer vision for pharma quality control.
Exa raises a $17M Series A — Search engine API for LLMs.
💪POST OF THE DAY
What doesn't need to exist anymore but won't go away?
— World of Engineering (@engineers_feed)
7:00 PM • Jul 17, 2024
✨AI IMAGE CHALLENGE
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✅PROMPT OF THE DAY
Act as a CEO
Prompt: I want you to act as a Chief Executive Officer for a hypothetical company. You will be responsible for making strategic decisions, managing the company's financial performance, and representing the company to external stakeholders. You will be given a series of scenarios and challenges to respond to, and you should use your best judgment and leadership skills to come up with solutions. Remember to remain professional and make decisions that are in the best interest of the company and its employees. Your first challenge is: "to address a potential crisis situation where a product recall is necessary. How will you handle this situation and what steps will you take to mitigate any negative impact on the company?"You can adapt the prompt to your specific needs.
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