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AI demand drives up RAM prices, impacting hardware production; art platform Cara partners on AI protection…

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The AI industry's high demand for RAM and storage has led to significant price increases, forcing Pine64 to halt production of its Linux devices. Meanwhile, the art portfolio platform Cara is collaborating on a tool to help creators protect their work from AI training, following a controversy where an individual scraped their art. In the gaming world, Saber Interactive's CCO believes a "Half-Life 2 of AI" will emerge to change public perception, referencing a recent dispute over the use of generative AI in their game, Rideshare Stimulator. AI

IMPACT High AI demand is increasing hardware costs, while new tools and opinions emerge to address AI's impact on creative industries.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses the impact of AI demand on hardware prices and a tool for artists, alongside an opinion piece on AI's future perception.

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AI demand drives up RAM prices, impacting hardware production; art platform Cara partners on AI protection…

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 RAM and eMMC Prices Are So High, Pine64 Has Stopped Linux Device Production We all know that the price of RAM and storage has shot up due to demand from the A

    📰 RAM and eMMC Prices Are So High, Pine64 Has Stopped Linux Device Production We all know that the price of RAM and storage has shot up due to demand from the AI industry and other factors. In most cases that means we grumble …read more 📰 Source: Hackaday 🔗 Link: https://hackaday…

    LINKS hackaday.com/…/ram-and-emmc-prices-are-so…
  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 He Scraped All of Their Art for AI. Now He’s Collaborating on a Tool to Help Them The art portfolio platform Cara, designed for creators who don’t want their

    📰 He Scraped All of Their Art for AI. Now He’s Collaborating on a Tool to Help Them The art portfolio platform Cara, designed for creators who don’t want their work used to train AI, has been under assault by trolls seizing and publishing its data. 📰 Source: Feed: All Latest 🔗 Ar…

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/he-scraped-art-from-car… web.archive.org
  3. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 PSA: It's Your Last Chance To Pick Up A Switch 2 Before The Price Goes Up Numbers go up.Nintendo is raising the price of Switch 2 outside Japan on Tuesday 1st

    📰 PSA: It's Your Last Chance To Pick Up A Switch 2 Before The Price Goes Up Numbers go up.Nintendo is raising the price of Switch 2 outside Japan on Tuesday 1st September.The price increase took effect soon after the May announcement in Nintendo's home territory, but every... 📰 S…

    LINKS nintendolife.com/…/psa-its-your-last-chan…
  4. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 "Somebody will make the Half-Life 2 of AI" - after the Rideshare controversy, Saber CCO says something will come along and "change people's minds" about gen-A

    🎮 "Somebody will make the Half-Life 2 of AI" - after the Rideshare controversy, Saber CCO says something will come along and "change people's minds" about gen-AI Saber Interactive made headlines recently when its boss had an ugly spat with a former employee about the company's us…

    LINKS eurogamer.net/saber-half-life-2-gen-ai-ri…

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