RAM Shortage Could Last Years; Deezer-44% of Uploaded Songs are AI-No One Listens; NSA is Using Anthropic’s New Mythos; WWDC-Focus on Siri Improvements in iOS 27

I hate to start with a downer of a story, but theverge.com has picked up a report from Nikkei Asia that says even as suppliers ramp up DRAM production, they are only expected to be able to cover 60% of demand by the end of 2027. SK Group even says the shortage might last until 2030. What does that mean to you? More expensive everything that uses these ram memory chips….smartphones, tablets, computers, and more. Brace yourself for some price hikes, as the manufacturers aren’t going to want or be able to absorb the increase in chip prices due to the shortage. Why the big demand? AI data centers are hoovering up a giant cut of chip production…DRAM and processors, too. 

It has been pitched as something to help with mundane tasks, but so far, a lot of people seem to be using AI to try to replace creative work. We have all run across ‘AI slop’ written in long posts on social media, and the millions of cartoons and caricatures of people doing things. Music hasn’t been spared, either. According to TechCrunch.com, Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI generated. That’s almost 75,000 tracks a day…over 2 million a month! Despite this flood of AI generated songs, they only amount to 1-3% of streams. 85% of the AI streams have been detected by Deezer and demonetized by the company. Deezer CEO Lanternier said in a press release “AI-generated music is now far from a marginal phenomenon and as daily deliveries keep increasing, we hope the whole music ecosystem will join us in taking action to help safeguard artists’ rights and promote transparency for fans. Thanks to our technology and the proactive measures we put in place more than a year ago, we have shown that it’s possible to reduce AI-related fraud and payment dilution in streaming to a minimum.” Yes, let’s leave the creative to the humans, please!

Although the Trump administration has allegedly barred the government from using Anthropic’s products, and even called them a security risk and supply chain risk…which Anthropic is fighting in court…the NSA has started using their latest model Mythos. This is the one that Anthropic briefed the White House about, and has said they won’t be releasing to the general public at this time. You may recall that the administration was angry about Anthropic insisting on safeguards for military uses during contract talks. I guess if you have a superior product, especially that can help out the all-seeing, all-knowing National Security Agency, they will use it whether or not the top brass in the government likes it or now. 

Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference will focus on the way overdue upgrade to the rather pitiful Siri. Appleinsider.com reports that the Siri updates will arrive with iOS 27 in the fall, but Apple will be previewing much of the improvement at WWDC. There will be a new chatbot-like interface, a separate Siri app, and it finally…finally…will handle multiple commands at a time. I am a simple man…I have just been waiting to be able to tell it to turn my lights on and set at 100%, without having to give one command, then wait for it to act, then give a second command. That has just been stupid. At least Apple knows it….if you call Siri out about being stupid or cuss it out, it scolds you. On iPhones, Siri will I’ve in the Dynamic Island and the little pill will expand in size when Siri is activated. As with the present version, there will be a little color glow around the island..like there is around the whole screen right now. The free standing app will get a little glow around the search bar.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.