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Apple’s Huxe Deal Targets AI Audio Without a Buyout
A European Commission disclosure describes employment rights and a nonexclusive technology license, leaving Apple’s plans for personalized audio unannounced.
Jim Clyde Monge7 minAI News
ElevenLabs SFX v3 Improves Multi-Event Audio
ElevenLabs’ latest sound effects model promises better handling of multi-event prompts, stronger music and vocals, and cleaner audio across its creator tools,…
Kim Monge8 minAI News
Fish Audio Releases Drama 3 With Open Voice Weights
The 35B speech model supports plain-language performance direction, but its commercial license, temporary API pricing and invite-only editing deserve a closer look.
James Rivera7 minAI News
Clef-omni Scores Audio and Video Without Generating Text
Cloudflare’s new decision model combines mixed media in one call, while cheaper Clef-flash inference comes with a smaller hosted context window.
James Rivera7 minReviewsSponsored
I Tried RecCloud, an AI Video Tool With a Big Focus on Audio
AI videos are not just about motion and image quality. RecCloud also gives creators useful tools for voice, sound, music, and editing.
Jim Clyde Monge7 minAI News
Google Introduces "Gemini 3.5 Transcribe" and Cuts Word Errors by Up to 79%
Google’s new AI speech-to-text model combines live streaming, prompt-driven cleanup, language switching, and competitive API pricing.
Jim Clyde Monge8 minGuidesSponsored
I Tested Seedance 2.0 Like a Filmmaker, Not a Prompt Engineer
Why Seedance 2.0 feels less like a prompt machine and more like a tool designed for directors.
Jim Clyde Monge9 minAI News
Anthropic Adds a Separate Opt-In for Claude Voice Data
Claude’s observed audio-training control is off by default and separate from chat permissions, but retention rules and rollout details remain unclear.
Jim Clyde Monge7 minAI News
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni Replaces Your Entire Multimodal AI Stack
NVIDIA's new open LLM unifies vision, audio, and language in a single 30B-parameter model that delivers 9x higher throughput than competing open…
Jim Clyde Monge8 minAI News
SongUp AI Opens a Read-Only MCP Server
SongUp’s no-key endpoint connects assistants and automation platforms to music search, song-idea handoffs and audio-tool discovery, while generation stays on its site…
Kim Monge7 minReviewsSponsored
Seedance 2.5 is Now Available in Topview AI
The latest and hottest video model from ByteDance is now accessible in Topview AI.
Jim Clyde Monge8 minAI News
Flock CEO’s Gunshot-Only Claim Conflicts With Its Site
Flock advertises several sound-detection categories, while maintaining that its audio system does not analyze speech or monitor conversations.
James Rivera6 minAI News
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe: A Promptable Speech LLM
NVIDIA’s open-weight model handles transcription in 40 languages, with instructions controlling formatting, speaker labels, translation and other audio tasks.
Kim Monge10 minAI News
Google Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Turns Any Voice Into 70 Languages Instantly
Google's new streaming audio AI model translates live speech across 70+ languages while preserving the speaker's tone, pitch, and pacing in near…
Jim Clyde Monge7 minReviewsSponsored
Seedance 2.0 vs HappyHorse 1.0 — Which AI Video Model is Better?
Alibaba just released HappyHorse 1.0 video generator. How does it compare to Seedance 2.0?
Jim Clyde Monge10 minAI News
Eleven v4 Brings Voice Cloning Back, Turbo Cuts Delay
ElevenLabs’ new speech models pair more controllable performances with streaming audio for voice agents, but their speed claims need context.
Kim Monge9 minAI News
Apple Watch Tests Live Rewind and Siri Recap in Beta
Apple’s developer beta brings conversation snippets and AI summaries to the wrist, with privacy controls that treat raw audio and saved text…
Jim Clyde Monge7 minAI News
Google Launches EmbeddingGemma 2 for Local AI Search
The Apache-2.0 model combines text, code, images, video, and audio retrieval, with modular encoders and smaller vectors for memory-constrained devices.
Jim Clyde Monge7 minAI News
Block Unveils Dessa, a Speech-Only Local Voice Model
Block’s research-preview model promises expressive, overlapping conversation on a high-end Mac, but access currently means recordings, a waitlist and limited researcher testing.
Kim Monge8 minAI News
Samsung TV AI Surveillance Claims Remain Unconfirmed
A researcher’s firmware allegations raise privacy questions, but Samsung’s documented microphone features and the available technical artifacts support different conclusions.
Jim Clyde Monge6 minAI News
Meta Ray-Ban Display Adds Five Markets, Previews Holograms
Sales begin in Canada and the UK on September 23, with three European markets following in October; voice-generated WhatsApp likenesses come later.
Jim Clyde Monge6 minAI News
Video Studio Skill Fixes Claude Code’s Demo Pipeline
Version 1.0.1 repairs the fresh-clone workflow for an open-source studio that connects browser capture, branded composition, and local video mastering.
Kim Monge7 min
