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PolyAI, Otter execs say voice AI still lacks a 'ChatGPT moment'

At the HumanX conference, PolyAI CTO Shawn Wen said that although full-duplex voice models now exist, reasoning speed must improve further before conversations feel truly natural. Otter CMO Alex Gay added that speaker identification, intent capture and emotionally expressive synthetic voices are needed before AI can serve as digital stand-ins in meetings.

techcrunch.com · 2026-10-11

Starfish Space to launch first Otter satellite-servicing spacecraft on Falcon 9

Seven years after its founding, Starfish Space will send its first Otter spacecraft into orbit next month aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter mission. The demonstration flight, called SSPICY, is being conducted for NASA and will have Otter approach several defunct US-owned satellites to gather data on their spin rates and condition without docking.

arstechnica.com · 2026-09-25