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You.com has unveiled a new AI research tool called Advanced Research & Insights agent (ARI) that can analyze more than 400 sources at once. According to CEO Richard Socher, interviewed by Michael Nuñez for VentureBeat, the tool aims to transform market research by producing comprehensive reports in minutes instead of weeks. ARI features direct source …
ElevenLabs has released Scribe v1, a new speech-to-text model achieving record accuracy rates across 99 languages. According to Carl Franzen of VentureBeat, the model outperforms competitors from Google, OpenAI, and Deepgram with a 96.7% accuracy rate for English. Scribe can distinguish up to 32 different speakers in a single audio file and detect non-verbal elements …
IBM has released its Granite 3.2 large language model family featuring a new approach called conditional reasoning. According to Sean Michael Kerner of VentureBeat, this update embeds reasoning capabilities directly into core models rather than creating separate reasoning models. The system allows users to activate reasoning only when needed, improving efficiency for complex tasks. Granite …
Alibaba Group has made its video and image generation AI model Wan 2.1 publicly available as open source. Reuters reports that four variants of the model are now accessible globally through Alibaba Cloud’s ModelScope and HuggingFace platforms for academic, research, and commercial use. The most powerful variants can process up to 14 billion parameters, enabling …
Sesame, a startup led by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, has unveiled a new AI voice assistant called Maya that aims to cross “the uncanny valley of conversational voice.” According to a recent article by technology journalist Sean Hollister, Maya offers more natural and engaging conversations compared to existing voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa or Google’s …
Hume AI has introduced Octave, a new text-to-speech system that can generate emotionally nuanced AI voices for content creation. As reported by Carl Franzen for VentureBeat, this large language model can adjust tone, rhythm, and cadence based on textual context. Users can fine-tune emotions at the sentence level through simple text prompts like “happier” or …
Microsoft is now providing unlimited access to Voice and Think Deeper features for all Copilot users at no cost. The Copilot Team announced these advanced capabilities as part of their effort to build “the ultimate AI companion.” Voice allows for extended voice conversations with the AI, while Think Deeper, powered by OpenAI’s o1 model, handles …
OpenAI has launched its video generation tool Sora in the UK and mainland Europe, expanding availability beyond the US market. The tool, which allows users to create videos by typing simple prompts, is available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers. Dan Milmo of The Guardian reports that OpenAI showcased examples from artists across the region, …
Microsoft has unveiled two new AI models in its Phi series: Phi-4-multimodal with 5.6 billion parameters and Phi-4-mini with 3.8 billion parameters. These small language models (SLMs) deliver exceptional performance while requiring significantly less computing power than larger systems, challenging the notion that bigger AI models are always better. The Phi-4-multimodal model stands out for …
Amazon has unveiled Alexa+, a significant upgrade to its voice assistant that incorporates advanced artificial intelligence technology. This revamped version, announced at a press event in New York City, represents the most substantial overhaul of the platform since its introduction over a decade ago. Alexa+ employs what Amazon describes as a “model agnostic” approach, utilizing …