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Researcher develops ‘SpeechSSM,’ opening up possibilities for a 24-hour AI voice assistant
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Researcher develops ‘SpeechSSM,’ opening up possibilities for a 24-hour AI voice assistant

Windowing strategy for (a) tokenizing and (b) decoding long-form speech to enable extrapolation in decoding lengths. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2412.18603 Recently, spoken...

WhatsApp will now let big businesses voice call you directly, also adds more AI agents
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WhatsApp will now let big businesses voice call you directly, also adds more AI agents

WhatsApp Business now supports voice and video calls, and even in-message voice notes AI agents suggest chat follow-ups and product recommendations Meta claims...

No phone, no wallet, no problem: smart glasses are now making payments with your voice
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No phone, no wallet, no problem: smart glasses are now making payments with your voice

Alipay+ and Meizu smart glasses can now make payments With QR and voice payments, your face might be the new wallet Makers say...

AI-powered spy hack lets criminals steal your voice using a cheap FM radio antenna
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AI-powered spy hack lets criminals steal your voice using a cheap FM radio antenna

AI can now reconstruct speech through concrete using just a laptop’s unshielded microphone wiring Laptop mic cables double as antennas, leaking audio through...

CapCut now owns your face, voice, and content forever if you keep using the editing app
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CapCut now owns your face, voice, and content forever if you keep using the editing app

CapCut’s new terms let it use your face and voice in ads without paying you Uploading to CapCut now means giving up control...

Layoff notices delivered to hundreds of Voice of America employees | Donald Trump News
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Layoff notices delivered to hundreds of Voice of America employees | Donald Trump News

With the Friday notices, 85 percent of Voice of America’s workforce had been slashed. Layoff notices have been sent to 639 employees of...

The ‘Gwo Gwo Ngwo’ legend whose voice echoes beyond the grave
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The ‘Gwo Gwo Ngwo’ legend whose voice echoes beyond the grave

Before the age of viral dance challenges and auto-tuned hooks, there was music that taught, that lingered, that meant something. In homes across...

Cardi B Named Voice Of The Culture
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Cardi B Named Voice Of The Culture

Ahead of the 2025 BET Awards, the unsung heroes of Hip-Hop and R&B — a.k.a. songwriters and producers— were honored at this year’s...

ChatGPT just got a major upgrade to its Advanced Voice Mode for paid subscribers, and it sounds a lot more human-like now
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ChatGPT just got a major upgrade to its Advanced Voice Mode for paid subscribers, and it sounds a lot more human-like now

Paid ChatGPT subscribers get an improved voice mode that’s more human-like than before It can also handle live translations into other languages Some...