TikTok vs Meta: The AI Marketing Showdown

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AI is becoming your new piano teacher, ad manager, and personal Photoshop wizard, we've decided to tune into the cacophony of progress. Welcome to this week's "Offbeat Bytes," where we tickle the ivories of innovation and snap a selfie with the future!

If you thought technology couldn't get any more invasive, hold onto your digital hats! We're diving into a smorgasbord of silicon valley shenanigans that'll make you question reality faster than you can say "Is this photo AI-enhanced?"

On this week's palette:

• 🎹 Roli's AI piano teacher: Your pajama-friendly music mentor

• 📱 TikTok's AI ad game: Meta's new marketing nemesis

• 📸 The great camera conspiracy: When phones play make-believe

• 🔮 + 4 handpicked tools

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Music

Roli's AI Piano Teacher Might Leave You Waving Goodbye to Human Instructors

Roli's new Airwave device is like having a tireless, AI-powered music teacher who never judges your pajama-clad practice sessions. This high-tech stand uses infrared cameras to track your hand movements, offering real-time guidance on proper finger placement and posture. It even incorporates ChatGPT, so you can ask it music theory questions without the eye-rolling. But wait, there's more! The Airwave doubles as a digital theremin, letting you add funky effects by waving your hands like a conductor on caffeine. At $299, it's cheaper than most human teachers, but probably won't bring you cookies or tell you you're their favorite student. Progress or gimmick? You decide.

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Marketing

TikTok Joins the AI Ad Game: Meta's Monopoly Under Threat?

Move over, Meta! TikTok's throwing its hat into the AI-powered ad ring with Smart+. This new tool promises to make campaign management a breeze, potentially closing the gap with Meta's Advantage+. But can TikTok's cultural clout translate to cold, hard cash? Early results are promising, with Ray-Ban seeing a 50% drop in cost per acquisition. TikTok's betting big on AI to woo skeptical marketers and boost its $22 billion ad revenue. Will it work, or is this just another overhyped AI dream? Either way, it's clear TikTok's no longer content being just a viral video app – it wants to be your next marketing BFF.

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AI

AI Apocalypse: Is Your Camera Lying to You?

Remember when taking a photo meant capturing a moment? Those days are long gone. Now, your phone's AI is busy stitching together multiple frames, enhancing colors, and basically rewriting reality before you can say "cheese." But is this AI makeover making our photos better or just... blander? The Vergecast dives into this existential crisis, chatting with camera app creators and tech reviewers about the state of smartphone photography. From Apple's overzealous processing to Google's disaster-adding AI tools, it seems we're all just one tap away from an identity crisis. So, next time you snap a selfie, ask yourself: is this really me, or just my AI doppelganger?

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