Hugging Face launches FastRTC to simplify real-time AI voice and video apps

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Hugging Face, the AI startup valued at over $4 billion, has introduced FastRTC, an open-source Python library that removes a major obstacle for developers building real-time audio and video AI applications. “Building real-time WebRTC and Websocket applications is very difficult to get right in Python. Until now,” wrote Freddy Boulton, one of FastRTC’s creators, in an announcement on X.com. WebRTC technology enables direct browser-to-browser communication for audio, video, and data sharing without plugins or downloads. Despite being essential for modern voice assistants and video tools, implementing WebRTC has remained a specialized skill set that most machine learning engineers simply don’t possess. Building real-time WebRTC and Websocket applications is very difficult to get right in Python. Until now – Introducing FastRTC, the realtime communication li ... Read full article.