voice AI
CreateSafe, the company behind Grimes’ voice cloning tool, launches new AI tools
After a song using AI deepfakes of Drake and the Weeknd’s voices was taken down after becoming a viral hit, Grimes shocked the public when she tweeted that she would…
Voice.ai raises $6M as its real-time voice changer approaches 500K users
Services like Midjourney and ChatGPT have pushed the boundaries of how AI can create images and text out of basic text prompts. Now, audio appears to be the inevitable next…
Presto can now make Santa, celebrities, ‘appear’ in your drive-thru
The goal is to help restaurants increase sales by offering upsells, reduce wait times, improve order accuracy and just delight customers.
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That agent who sounds like they’re from Paris, Texas? Try Paris, France
Our daily lives are more linked into a globalized grid than ever before. Products are sourced and shipped from afar; traveling to a place 3,000 miles away can be easier than getting across a big city in traffic; and information disseminates to anyone and everyone at the tap of a finger. A startup called Sanas…
Spotify is acquiring Sonantic, the AI voice platform used to simulate Val Kilmer’s voice in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Streaming giant Spotify, most famous for its music and podcast streaming services targeting consumers, is making an acquisition of a voice AI company to expand its reach in audio technology…
Curious Thing’s voice AI communication platform asks the right questions
Sydney-based Curious Thing is an aptly named startup. The voice AI communication platform can call people and ask them questions like “How are you feeling today?” and then follow up…
After clearing all regulatory hurdles, Microsoft closes $20B Nuance deal
When Microsoft announced its intent to buy Nuance Communications last year for $20 billion, it marked a hard move into healthcare for the company. But the deal was not a…
WorldGaze uses smartphone cameras to help voice AIs cut to the chase
If you find voice assistants frustratingly dumb, you’re hardly alone. The much-hyped promise of AI-driven vocal convenience very quickly falls through the cracks of robotic pedantry. A smart AI that…
The BBC — aka, the British Broadcasting Corporation, aka the Beeb, aka Auntie — is getting into the voice assistant game. The Guardian reports the plan to launch an Alexa…
Microsoft tweaks privacy policy to admit humans can listen to Skype Translator and Cortana audio
Microsoft is the latest tech giant to amend its privacy policy after media reports revealed it uses human contractors to review audio recordings of Skype and Cortana users. A section…
Amazon quietly adds ‘no human review’ option to Alexa settings as voice AIs face privacy scrutiny
Amazon has tweaked the settings for its Alexa voice AI to allow users to opt out of their voice recordings being manually reviewed by the company’s human workers. The policy…
While you’d be hard-pressed to find any startup not brimming with confidence over the disruptive idea they’re chasing, it’s not often you come across a young company as calmly convinced…
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Duplex shows Google failing at ethical and creative AI design
Google CEO Sundar Pichai milked the woos from a clappy, home-turf developer crowd at its I/O conference in Mountain View this week with a demo of an in-the-works voice assistant feature that will enable the AI to make telephone calls on behalf of its human owner. The so-called ‘Duplex’ feature of the Google Assistant was shown calling…
