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You can once again buy the AirPods 4 for less than $90

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-07-22 01:16:49

We saw a ton of great Apple deals during Prime Day, most of which have disappeared. It’s okay if you missed out, though, as some of our favorite deals like the M2 MacBook Air have either stuck around or have returned, like the low price on Apple’s entry-level AirPods 4. Right now, you can pick up a pair for just $89.99 ($40 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, which is $1 shy of their all-time best price. Alternatively, you can buy the model with active noise cancellation for $119.99 ($60 off)

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ElliQ Review: An AI Companion Bot for Lonely Elders

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-07-25 01:43:15

For the past few weeks, the AI-powered ElliQ companion robot has perched on the end of my desk. Designed by Intuition Robotics for seniors living alone, this proactive animatronic chats to me throughout the day, checking how I’m feeling, suggesting “fun” activities, and prodding me to be more active and sociable. While it can be annoying, I've grown attached to ElliQ despite myself, and I can see the positive potential. Loneliness is an epidemic. According to the US Census Bureau, around 16 mil

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AI text-to-speech programs could “unlearn” how to imitate certain people

technologyreview.com Peter Hall 2025-07-28 13:00:16

AI companies generally keep a tight grip on their models to discourage misuse. For example, if you ask ChatGPT to give you someone’s phone number or instructions for doing something illegal, it will likely just tell you it cannot help. However, as many examples over time have shown, clever prompt engineering or model fine-tuning can sometimes get these models to say things they otherwise wouldn’t. The unwanted information may still be hiding somewhere inside the model so that it can be accessed

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New AI voice tool trained to copy British regional accents

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-07-28 17:06:09

New AI voice tool trained to copy British regional accents A new AI voice-cloning tool from a British firm claims to be able to reproduce a range of UK accents more accurately than some of its US and Chinese rivals. Because much of the data traditionally used to train AI products with voices comes from North American or southern English speaking sources, many artificial voices tend to sound similar. To combat this, the company Synthesia spent a year compiling its own database of UK voices wit

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Building voice AI that listens to everyone: Transfer learning and synthetic speech in action

venturebeat.com Harshal Shah 2025-07-30 13:45:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Have you ever thought about what it is like to use a voice assistant when your own voice does not match what the system expects? AI is not just reshaping how we hear the world; it is transforming who gets to be heard. In the age of conversational AI, accessibility has become a crucial benchmark for innovation. Voice assistants, transcriptio

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Gboard could make it much easier to type and edit even without touching your phone (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 11:48:11

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google reveals more clues about its improved voice typing feature in Gboard. While Gboard already allows using basic voice commands for editing text, the improved feature could use AI for smarter edits. This feature could be powered by Gemini Nano, allowing for quick, on-device editing with voice. As Google readies the upcoming Pixel 10 series of phones, we’re witnessing increasingly more signs hinting at contextual uses of AI across many of its apps

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Samsung could take inspiration from iOS’s Live Voicemail and Pixel Call Screen (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-01 08:12:04

Apple TL;DR Samsung is working on an on-device voicemail feature similar to iOS’s Live Voicemail. This feature would allow calls to be screened and corresponding voice messages to be stored directly on the device. Unlike Apple’s version, Samsung’s will let users customize ring time before redirecting a call, but lacks transcription functionality, at least for now. The feature was spotted within One UI 8 beta code and may initially be rolled out only in select regions. With iOS 17, Apple intr

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Launch HN: Leaping (YC W25) – Self-Improving Voice AI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-03 01:42:54

Hey HN, I'm Arkadiy from Leaping AI ( https://leapingai.com ). Leaping lets you build voice AI agents in a multi-stage, graph-like format that makes testing and improvement much easier. By evaluating each stage of a call, we can trace errors and regressions to a particular stage. Then we autonomously vary the prompt for that stage and A/B test it, allowing agents to self-improve over time. You can talk to one of our bots directly at https://leapingai.com, and there’s a demo video at https://www

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How Video Games Became the New Battleground for Actors and AI Protections

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-08-03 01:13:07

On Wednesday, members of the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA, voted to ratify a new contract for video game performers, officially bringing an end to a nearly yearlong strike. A majority, 95 percent of members, voted in favor of the contract, which guarantees annual raises for three years, increased compensation, and guardrails designed to prevent game companies from giving their work to AI. Actors in the video game industry had been on stri

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Meta adds business voice calling to WhatsApp, explores AI-powered product recommendations

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-08-19 09:15:00

WhatsApp is adding more AI features to its business suite. The company on Tuesday announced it’s introducing the ability for large businesses to reach customers through voice calls, which will allow the app to explore the use of AI-powered voice agents. The company is also looking into using AI to recommend products to users. WhatsApp Business, which has over 200 million monthly users, has been a notable revenue driver for Meta, as its executives noted in the last few quarterly earnings calls.

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Senate votes against curbing state-level AI regulation

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-19 21:11:09

Yesterday, the senate was poised to restrict states' power to regulate AI. Now, the measure is dead in the water, with the Senate voting 99-1 to remove the provision. Are you also having a bit of whiplash? Here's what you need to know about the amendments rightful journey into the trash can of history. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) had pushed for an amendment to Trump's tax bill that would ban states from regulating the AI industry for ten years — if the state took AI infrastructure funding includ

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These Google Nest speakers are getting three new voices

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-20 03:53:44

Lil Katz / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s Nest smart speakers with Gemini-backed Google Assistant are getting new voices. The three new voices are also named after plants, as were the seven previously made available by Google in December 2024. Gemini-powered Google Assistant is still an experimental feature, available only in the US. Google’s ongoing mission to replace the traditional Google Assistant with Gemini has largely been limited to Android phones. Other devices, such as smart spea

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Melania Trump's Audiobook Is Narrated by an AI Copy of Herself

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-22 05:45:26

Let's get one thing straight: it's hard to be married to the president. From coming up with epoch-defining slogans like "Be Best" to decking the White House halls with bizarre Christmas decor, it's a tougher gig than most of us can imagine. Our current first lady, Melania Trump, is well aware of the challenge after her previous four-year stint in the White House. Notoriously private — or perhaps just too busy to make public appearances — the first lady's life has been shrouded in mystery. Howe

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I talked to 5 AIs about my cat, Mr. Giggles - and it says a lot about the state of chatbots

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-08-22 02:00:19

Cheglakov Eugene/Getty Many popular AIs offer a voice mode that enables you to carry on live conversations with a chatbot. Often, chatting by voice is more convenient, more natural, and more fun than trying to converse through text prompts. Plus, you can typically review a transcript of the conversation after you're done, so you still have access to the actual text. But which AIs are the best conversationalists? I tried chatting by voice with ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Meta AI,

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Meta is reportedly looking to acquire AI voice replicator PlayAI

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-24 01:30:32

The company will be getting its technology and some of its employees if the deal pushes through. Meta is in currently in acquisition talks with PlayAI, a California-based startup that provides its users with an AI voice cloning tool, according to Bloomberg. According to the news organization, Meta is looking to buy the startup's technology, as well as to absorb some of its employees into the company. The parties haven't come to an agreement yet, but if the acquisition pushes through, it could g

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I chatted with five AI bots - these made the best conversations

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-08-24 15:00:13

Lance Whitney/ZDNET Many popular AIs offer a voice mode that enables you to carry on live conversations with a chatbot. Often, chatting by voice is more convenient, more natural, and more fun than trying to converse through text prompts. Plus, you can typically review a transcript of the conversation after you're done, so you still have access to the actual text. But which AIs are the best conversationalists? I tried chatting by voice with ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Meta AI, an

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Google Fi rolling out visual voicemail support for the iPhone

9to5mac.com Abner Li 2025-08-29 21:31:40

As previewed in April, Google Fi Wireless is rolling out support for visual voicemail on the iPhone. With this update, voicemail will no longer be available in the Fi app. Going forward, voicemail will appear in the iOS Phone app. Previously, subscribers had to use the Google Fi companion app to hear and read those messages. Now, Fi users will be able to “play, share, and delete voicemail messages directly through their device’s Phone app. Additionally, they will “no longer receive duplicate v

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ElevenLabs' new AI voice assistant can automate your favorite tasks - and you can try it for free

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2025-08-29 21:00:00

oxygen/Getty Images AI assistants are cropping up faster than we can keep track of them, promising to automate our mundane daily tasks and skyrocket productivity. AI audio company ElevenLabs wants to take those promises a step further: from words to actions. Also: How AI can save us from our 'infinite' workdays, according to Microsoft On Monday, the company launched 11ai, a voice assistant powered by the company's library of more than 5,000 voices. What sets this assistant apart, ElevenLabs c

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ElevenLabs releases a stand-alone voice-generation app

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-08-29 23:00:00

Voice AI company ElevenLabs just released a stand-alone mobile app for iOS and Android users to generate voice clips from text. Until now, if you had to generate samples using ElevenLabs’ AI-powered voice libraries, you had to rely on its web app. Now you can use its mobile app to generate clips on the go. To use the app, simply type or paste in the text, then select a suitable voice to generate an audio clip. The free plan gives users access to roughly 10 minutes of audio generation. You can

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ElevenLabs releases a standalone voice generation app

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-08-30 09:00:00

Voice AI company ElevenLabs just released a standalone mobile app for iOS and Android users to generate voice clips from text. Until now, if you had to generate samples using ElevenLabs’ AI-powered voice libraries, you had to rely on its web app. Now, you can use its mobile app to generate clips on the go. To use the app, you simply type or paste in the text, then select a suitable voice to generate an audio clip. The free plan gives users access to roughly 10 minutes of audio generation. You

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Is Google secretly testing new AI voices in NotebookLM?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-04 22:09:53

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR NotebookLM users are hearing a mysterious third male voice during longer Audio Overviews. Google has confirmed that additional voices and dialects are coming, alongside APIs and video overviews, but it’s unclear if this third voice is a feature or a bug. AI features can be quite a hit and miss, but Google’s NotebookLM is definitely one of the hits. NotebookLM is a personal AI research assistant that lets users control the AI’s data sources, enabling them

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Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools

wired.com Reece Rogers 2025-09-08 05:29:22

Daniel Rausch, Amazon’s vice president of Alexa and Echo, is in the midst of a major transition. More than a decade beyond the launch of Amazon’s Alexa, he’s been tasked with creating a new version of the marquee voice assistant, one that’s powered by large language models. As he put it in my interview with him, this new assistant, dubbed Alexa+, is “a complete rebuild of the architecture.” How did his team approach Amazon’s largest ever revamp of its voice assistant? They used AI to build AI,

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ChatGPT's Voice Feature Makes It Feel More Human Than Ever

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-10 09:00:00

After years of dealing with voice assistants that constantly misheard me or cut me off mid-sentence, I didn't expect much when I tapped the little wavelength icon to try ChatGPT's Voice Mode. I figured it would be another feature that sounded cool but fell flat in real use. But this one surprised me. Voice Mode doesn't just spit out answers. It actually feels like a real conversation. It picks up on pauses, mumbled thoughts, and even those filler words like "uhhh" without breaking the flow. Whe

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Alexa Is Getting a Major AI Upgrade From Amazon. What We Know So Far

cnet.com Samantha Kelly 2025-06-03 08:30:03

Amazon is expected to announce a major artificial intelligence upgrade for its voice assistant Alexa next week, which could change how we interact with this popular piece of smart home tech. Amazon sent out media invites for a Feb. 26 event in New York City, and Amazon's Devices and Services team lead Panos Panay is scheduled to speak. Panay joined Amazon in 2023 after spending decades at Microsoft, where he helped shape the Surface product line. The event is expected to preview Alexa's long-r

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Run structured extraction on documents/images locally with Ollama and Pydantic

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-06-03 08:54:10

Welcome to VLM Run Hub, a comprehensive repository of pre-defined Pydantic schemas for extracting structured data from unstructured visual domains such as images, videos, and documents. Designed for Vision Language Models (VLMs) and optimized for real-world use cases, VLM Run Hub simplifies the integration of visual ETL into your workflows. Image JSON { "issuing_state" : " MT " , "license_number" : " 0812319684104 " , "first_name" : " Brenda " , "middle_name" : " Lynn " , "last_name" : " Sample

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Fury Erupts After Netflix Used AI to Clone the Voice of a Murdered Influencer for a True Crime Doc About Her Death

futurism.com Unknown 2025-06-03 11:41:47

Netflix has come under fire for using generative AI to reproduce the voice of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old social media influencer who, according to the FBI, was murdered by her fiancé Brian Laundrie in August 2021. In the opening credits of the company's true crime documentary, "American Murder: Gabby Petito," which premiered its first episode on Monday, a notice reveals that Petito's "journal entries and text messages are brought to life in this series in her own voice, using voice recreatio

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Latest Tech News

You can once again buy the AirPods 4 for less than $90

ElliQ Review: An AI Companion Bot for Lonely Elders

AI text-to-speech programs could “unlearn” how to imitate certain people

New AI voice tool trained to copy British regional accents

Building voice AI that listens to everyone: Transfer learning and synthetic speech in action

Gboard could make it much easier to type and edit even without touching your phone (APK teardown)

Samsung could take inspiration from iOS’s Live Voicemail and Pixel Call Screen (APK teardown)

Launch HN: Leaping (YC W25) – Self-Improving Voice AI

How Video Games Became the New Battleground for Actors and AI Protections

Meta adds business voice calling to WhatsApp, explores AI-powered product recommendations

Senate votes against curbing state-level AI regulation

These Google Nest speakers are getting three new voices

Melania Trump's Audiobook Is Narrated by an AI Copy of Herself

I talked to 5 AIs about my cat, Mr. Giggles - and it says a lot about the state of chatbots

Meta is reportedly looking to acquire AI voice replicator PlayAI

I chatted with five AI bots - these made the best conversations

Google Fi rolling out visual voicemail support for the iPhone

ElevenLabs' new AI voice assistant can automate your favorite tasks - and you can try it for free

ElevenLabs releases a stand-alone voice-generation app

ElevenLabs releases a standalone voice generation app

Is Google secretly testing new AI voices in NotebookLM?

Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools

ChatGPT's Voice Feature Makes It Feel More Human Than Ever

Alexa Is Getting a Major AI Upgrade From Amazon. What We Know So Far

Run structured extraction on documents/images locally with Ollama and Pydantic

Fury Erupts After Netflix Used AI to Clone the Voice of a Murdered Influencer for a True Crime Doc About Her Death

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