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YouTube Music’s New AI Features

​YouTube Music has unveiled innovative ways to enhance song discovery on its platform, introducing two groundbreaking features aimed at improving user experience. Announced on Monday, YouTube is experimenting with an AI-generated conversational radio feature and rolling out a new song recognition tool akin to Shazam.

Key Points

• Select YouTube Music Premium users in the United States can now create custom radio stations by describing their music preferences. This feature allows users to request genres or moods like "catchy pop choruses" or "upbeat pop anthems," enhancing personalization.

• YouTube Music’s new feature mirrors AI playlist tools being tested by Spotify, Amazon Music, and Deezer, allowing users to input prompts for tailored listening experiences.

• YouTube Music has introduced a new song recognition tool, enabling users to discover songs by singing, humming, or playing parts of them. This functionality goes beyond traditional song recognition tools like Shazam, which require playing the actual song.

YouTube Music’s introduction of these features underscores its commitment to enhancing user engagement and personalization in music discovery. With the AI-generated radio and advanced song recognition capabilities, YouTube Music aims to provide a more intuitive and immersive music experience for its growing user base.

Launch of AI-Integrated Education Platform, Eureka Labs

Computer scientist Andrej Karpathy has unveiled his latest venture, Eureka Labs, an education platform integrating artificial intelligence. Leveraging his extensive background at OpenAI and Tesla, Karpathy aims to revolutionize digital learning with AI-generated content. Eureka Labs will feature courses designed by educators but supported by AI teaching assistants, enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes. The platform's inaugural offering, LLM101n, provides undergraduates with hands-on AI model training, showcasing a scaled-down version of its AI teaching assistant. Karpathy, a Stanford University PhD and former head of Tesla's autopilot division, expressed his longstanding dedication to AI and education, marking Eureka Labs as the culmination of his two-decade career exploring AI concepts and educational content online.

Quick Takes

• FTC Launches Informal Inquiry into Amazon's Adept Deal: The Federal Trade Commission has initiated an informal inquiry into Amazon's recent agreement with AI startup Adept, focusing on the hiring of key executives and technology licensing, according to CNBC sources. This move reflects growing regulatory scrutiny over tech companies' AI investments and partnerships, amid broader antitrust concerns in the U.S. and abroad.

• Use of YouTube Data in AI Training Raises Concerns: Major technology companies including Apple, Salesforce, and Anthropic have reportedly trained AI models on tens of thousands of YouTube videos without creators' consent, potentially violating YouTube's terms of service. The companies utilized "the Pile," a dataset compiled by EleutherAI, which includes scraped YouTube captions from a wide range of channels, including popular influencers and media brands. This practice has sparked criticism and legal concerns regarding intellectual property rights and the ethical use of online content in AI development.

• Menlo Ventures and Anthropic Launch $100 Million Anthology Fund for AI Startups: Silicon Valley VC firm Menlo Ventures and AI startup Anthropic announced the creation of the $100 million "Anthology Fund" on Wednesday to invest in pre-seed and Series A AI companies. The fund, sourced from Menlo’s recent $1.35 billion vehicle, aims to support AI-first startups with initial investments starting at $100,000 and $25,000 in credits for Anthropic’s models.

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