Published on: 2025-06-02 19:41:47
Anthropic has begun to roll out a “voice mode” for its Claude chatbot apps. The voice mode (in beta for now) allows Claude mobile app users to have “complete spoken conversations with Claude,” and will arrive in English over the next few weeks, according to Anthropic’s official account on X and updated documentation on the company’s website. At least one user on X reports having gained access to voice mode late Tuesday. By default, it’s powered by Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 model. “Voice mod
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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More AI is advancing at a rapid clip for businesses, and that’s especially true of speech and voice AI models. Case in point: Today, ElevenLabs, the well-funded voice and AI sound effects startup founded by former Palantir engineers, debuted Conversational AI 2.0, a significant upgrade to its platform for building advanced voice agents for enterprise use cases, such as cust
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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More New York-based AI startup Hume has unveiled its latest Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) conversational AI model, EVI 3 (pronounced “Evee” Three, like the Pokémon character), targeting everything from powering customer support systems and health coaching to immersive storytelling and virtual companionship. EVI 3 lets users create their own voices by talking to the model (
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Xuanyu Han/Getty Images Hume AI is launching EVI 3, the third iteration of its Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) model, which can interact with users in a huge variety of humanlike voices. Like ChatGPT's voice mode, EVI 3 comes with an assortment of preprogrammed AI voices. These are listed by personality and character descriptions, including "Old Knocks Comedian," "Seasoned Life Coach," "Wise Wizard," and "Dungeon Master," as well as the company's namesake, the 18th-century philosopher David Hum
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 06:00:00
Jesse Armstrong hadn’t planned on making another project about billionaires. The Succession creator was taking a break after finishing HBO’s Emmy-winning series about the ludicrously wealthy siblings fighting for control over their father’s media conglomerate, which ended in May 2023. But while writing a review of journalist Michael Lewis’ book Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, about crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, Armstrong got sucked into listening to podcasts featuring t
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR A few months ago, Google introduced four new voices for AI Mode for Search in a Google app beta. Those voices are rolling out now and are no longer limited to AI Mode. You can now hear those same voices when you perform a voice search through the mic icon. Update: May 27, 2025 (11:15 PM ET): It looks like Google has started rolling out the new space-inspired voices for voice search that we mentioned in the APK teardown below. Some of our team members
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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More San Francisco AI startup Anthropic has more up its sleeve than the new Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 large language models announced last week — today it has unveiled two major updates for its similarly named Claude AI chatbot: a new conversational voice mode available on its mobile apps in the Apple App Store (iOS devices, iPhones) and Google Play Store (Android devices).
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Anthropic has begun to roll out a “voice mode” for its Claude chatbot apps. The voice mode allows Claude mobile app users to have “complete spoken conversations with Claude,” and will arrive in English over the next few weeks, according to Anthropic’s official account on X and updated documentation on the company’s website. At least one user on X reports having gained access to voice mode late Tuesday. By default, it’s powered by Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 model. “Voice mode … enables you to
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR A few months ago, Google introduced four new voices for AI Mode for Search in a Google app beta. In the latest beta, those voices are no longer limited to AI Mode. You can now hear those same voices when you perform a voice search through the mic icon. Gemini Live offers a wide range of AI voices to choose from, allowing you to find the one that’s most pleasing to your ear. Google also recently added voice options for Search’s AI Mode. Now there’s ano
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ZDNET's key takeaways Bose's midrange earbuds are ideal for people who want the best of Bose at a lower price. They're a reboot of the previous model with an even more comfortable, light fit, improved ANC, and booming, rich sound The app is a little clunky, the touch controls take some getting used to, and the voice commands can be finicky. View now at Amazon View now at Bose more buying choices The Bose QuietComfort Earbuds (2024) are on sale for $149 at Bose, Best Buy, Amazon, and Walmart.
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Taking a phone call in a busy area can be a pain for the person on the other end of your call. They can have a hard time hearing what you're saying if you're in a busy cafe or on a packed bus. But there's a hidden iPhone feature that can make your calls clearer for the person on the other end, and it's called Voice Isolation. Apple introduced Voice Isolation in 2023 with iOS 16.4. The tech company added the feature, alongside Wide Spectrum, to FaceTime calls with iOS 15 in 2021, but only Voice
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First lady Melania Trump’s 2024 self-titled memoir will represent the “future of publishing,” she said, announcing that an audiobook of her memoir would be narrated by an AI-generated replica of her voice. Trump unveiled “Melania: The Audiobook” via X, proclaiming it as “A NEW ERA IN PUBLISHING.” In an attached promotional clip, the narrator declares, “My story. My perspective. The truth.” The seven-hour audiobook can be found on Trump’s personal website. Software company ElevenLabs created th
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On a little known YouTube channel, a breezy, British narrator is explaining the ins and outs of Doom: The Dark Ages’ story. Though not named, his voice may be familiar to video game fans as that of Mark Brown. The trouble is, Brown had nothing to do with the video. Brown, who goes by Game Maker’s Toolkit, is a content creator and developer who’s covered video game design for over a decade. His channel has 220 videos, broadcast to over 1.65 million subscribers, where he gives in-depth explanatio
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In case you haven't heard, Fortnite — the megahit video game from Epic Games that's stuffed with characters from every media franchise imaginable, not to mention real celebrities — has become a cause célèbre after it introduced Darth Vader as an in-game boss. This was no ordinary homage to the "Star Wars" villain. It uses "conversational AI" to recreate the iconic voice of the late actor James Earl Jones, allowing gamers to chat with the Sith Lord and ask him pretty much any question they want.
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Many people consider the 1990s a golden age of Disney animation, and rightfully so. The films released during that time changed not just the company, but popular culture and animation in general. However, we think the 2010s, at some point, may be seen as almost reaching that level too. With films like Moana, Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled, Frozen, and Big Hero 6, the legendary studio was simply on fire. And yet, as great as all of those movies are, none of them was the best of that era. That title goes
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What just happened? The use of AI to recreate the voice of the late James Earl Jones for Darth Vader in Fortnite has run into more controversy. Soon after players managed to make the character swear and say racially charged slurs, actors union SAG-AFTRA has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Llama Productions, a subsidiary of Epic Games. In 2022, Jones, who passed away in 2024, gave his blessing to the artificial recreations of the Darth Vader voice, a role he had occupied for 45 yea
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Imagine having the ability to make Darth Vader, Star Wars‘ most eloquent villain, say whatever you want him to say. Fortnite players have been having a blast doing just that since the feature was introduced. But now there’s controversy attached to this new iteration of the iconic character—and it has nothing to do with him uttering too many f-bombs. Instead, it has to do with SAG-AFTRA’s prescribed procedure on the use of AI voices. In a post last week on Fortnite’s website announcing that play
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On Monday, SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Epic subsidiary Llama Productions for implementing an AI-generated Darth Vader voice in Fortnite on Friday without first notifying or bargaining with the union, as their contract requires. Llama Productions is the official signatory to SAG-AFTRA's collective bargaining agreement for Fortnite, making it legally responsible for adhering to the union's terms regarding the employment of voice
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SAG-AFTRA, the organization that represents voice, motion, and screen performers, has filed an unfair labor complaint against Epic Games. The complaint stems from the company’s recent introduction of an AI programmed to sound like James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader that can respond to a player’s actions and questions. SAG-AFTRA wrote in a statement that it understands its members and members’ estates wish to use AI technology in any way they choose. “However,” SAG-AFTRA’s statement continued, “we mu
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-28 17:37:07
Last August, my best friend asked me how she could help her neighbor set her iPhone so she could answer it without picking it up. The neighbor had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and had lost dexterity in both hands over time. Some Google searches revealed I was far from alone in my confusion. So I asked Apple for some advice. Here’s what I said: Q: “My friend has advanced MS and has some (very little) control of one of her hands. She can't really swipe a screen or tap buttons. She wants it so that wh
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-28 19:30:00
It didn't take long after Epic Games unleashed famous Star Wars Sith lord Darth Vader into the game Fortnite -- complete with the AI-enabled voice of late actor James Earl Jones for conversations with players -- for Vader to drop the F-bomb. As seen on multiple social-media videos, Vader can be prompted to say lots of things you wouldn't find in a Star Wars script, such as curse words, "Skibidi toilet" and to share his thoughts on breasts. A representative from Epic Games pointed to a post on
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Fortnite‘s massive Star Wars seasonal event, Fortnite: Galactic Battle, is currently underway. In it, players can get skins for beloved characters like Poe Dameron, Emperor Palpatine, and Darth Jar Jar Binks and battle on land and in the sky with lightsabers and TIE fighters. One new thing that’s a bit more in the uncomfy category of the game’s merriment is that Epic Games and Disney announced today that players will also be able to chat with Darth Vader, despite his legendary voice actor, James
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is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. When Fortnite players meet Darth Vader in the game’s ongoing Star Wars event, they will be able to speak with the Sith Lord directly, and he’s going to respond with a voice that sounds exactly like James Earl Jones. Though Darth Vader has previously appeared as an NPC (and a battle pass skin) in Fortnite, Epic Games announced today t
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The FBI is warning people to be vigilant of an ongoing malicious messaging campaign that uses AI-generated voice audio to impersonate government officials in an attempt to trick recipients into clicking on links that can infect their computers. “Since April 2025, malicious actors have impersonated senior US officials to target individuals, many of whom are current or former senior US federal or state government officials and their contacts,” Thursday’s advisory from the bureau’s Internet Crime
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The FBI warned that cybercriminals using AI-generated audio deepfakes to target U.S. officials in voice phishing attacks that started in April. This warning is part of a public service announcement issued on Thursday that also provides mitigation measures to help the public spot and block attacks using audio deepfakes (also known as voice deepfakes). "Since April 2025, malicious actors have impersonated senior US officials to target individuals, many of whom are current or former senior US fed
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Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority It’s official: Wear OS smartwatches are set for a significant voice assistant upgrade soon. Although it’s one of Google’s worst-kept secrets, Gemini will soon replace Assistant on various Google platforms, including Android smartwatches. The prospect of having Gemini’s capabilities on my wrist excites me more than its presence on my phone. I believe the accessibility and immediacy of a smartwatch make it a more effective home for a voice assistant. However, as
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Audible, one of the world's largest audiobook platforms, is opening the floodgates to AI slop. On Tuesday, the Amazon-owned service announced its new "integrated AI narration technology" that'll allow selected publishers to rapidly churn out audiobooks using a wide range of AI-generated voices. It's Audible's biggest foray into AI yet, and will be a major blow for voice actors, who are fighting tooth and nail to win protections against the technology, particularly in the US video games industr
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While Disney fans await the arrival of Walt Disney’s high-tech robot this summer for Disneyland’s 70th anniversary, an interactive Mickey Mouse that can blink and talk while you eat popcorn out of its head is now available for purchase. io9 was on hand to demo the latest in the popcorn bucket arms race, which started at Disney theme parks before becoming the hottest movie theater souvenir. While AMC Theaters’ Dune sandworm popcorn bucket seemed like the peak of out-there and bonkers snack vehic
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is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Amazon’s Audible has announced that it’s planning to expand its audiobook catalog by giving select publishers access to its new “fully integrated, end-to-end AI production technology” that will let them more easily convert titles to audiobooks with their choice of AI-generated voices. The initiative will also help expand global access to audioboo
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