AI Playground, a locally controlled and easy-to-use AI PC starter application that brings image creation, editing, and AI-powered answers to Intel Arc GPU users, will be available this summer as a free download, Intel has announced. The app is optimized to take advantage of Intel Xe-cores and the purpose-built AI XMX engines in Arc GPUs.
Some of the key features of AI Playground include:
- AI Made Simple
- “Install AI Playground like any other Windows application, while avoiding the need to use command lines and scripts to get AI features running on your PC.”
- Local Control
- “AI Playground runs locally on your PC using your Intel Arc GPU, allowing you to keep your data, prompts, and output private and in your control.”
- All-In-One AI Hub
- “Switch seamlessly between usages of image creation, image editing, and a chat LLM without starting and stopping local service instances. AI Playground keeps it all together in one easy-to-use experience.”
- Create
- “Create images simply or with refined control. Choose to type and click a button, without being overwhelmed by a dashboard of sliders using terms you’ve never heard of. Our one-click auto-configuration settings will allow you to quickly switch between resolution and quality modes. Alternatively, dive into manual mode and tinker with specific image diffusion settings, just as you do with many other AI webUI tools.”
- Enhance
- “Upscale, fix, fill, repair, or extend an image beyond its boundaries using the power of AI. Get creative, and take your images to the next level, either images generated from AI, or photos and images you have in your own library.”
- Answer
- “Get AI-assisted answers directly in AI Playground using the latest LLM models. Refine and tune accuracy using your own text files, then search for answers or get documents summarized, all locally.”
AI Playground in action:
A note from Intel:
We call AI Playground an AI starter app. We do not see AI Playground as a replacement for the many wonderful AI Projects and applications, but we do see AI Playground as the easy path to get started with AI. With this, we have also provided links and resources to take your AI game to the next level, should you be interested.