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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 minAll articles
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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.
Angelica Kim9 minAI News
OpenAI Adds Plugins and Mobile Work to ChatGPT Voice
Spoken requests can now reach connected apps on phones and the web, while eligible Work users can start tasks on mobile and…
Jim Clyde Monge7 minAI News
LAION Releases Humaneness Voice Converter for Local Use
The complete speech-to-speech checkpoint runs locally, but LAION’s own evaluation finds gains in predicted quality alongside weaker target-voice similarity.
James Rivera7 minAI News
Atticus Adds Mac Voice Control to Anthropic’s Claude
The MIT-licensed app combines Apple’s on-device speech recognition, Claude Code and reusable commands, with separate safeguards for consequential actions.
Jim Clyde Monge7 minAI News
Mistral Voxtral 3 Launches With $0.04/Min Voice Agents
The speech release combines transcription, speech generation and a LiveKit-based agent SDK, with separate language limits, explicit pricing and private-deployment options.
Jim Clyde Monge7 minAI News
Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS Designs and Clones Voices
A paired Flash-Lite model targets high-volume speech, while voice replication requires a matching consent recording and faces regional limits.
Jim Clyde Monge9 minAI News
xAI Launches Grok Voice 3.0 at $0.08 a Minute
The speech-to-speech API promises sub-second responses, while existing grok-voice-latest deployments move to the new model without a price increase.
Jim Clyde Monge6 minAI News
Decagon Pairs Voice 3 With a Personal Agent Gateway
Its four-part Dialogues launch connects live calls, agent permissions, industry workflows and internal knowledge, while its authorization protocol remains in development.
Jim Clyde 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
Block Unveils Dessa, a Speech-Only Local Voice Model
Block says Dessa learns entirely from human conversation, listens while speaking, and runs on a high-end MacBook, but access remains limited to…
Angelica Kim7 minAI News
ChatGPT Voice Can Now Use GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI now lets ChatGPT Voice route searches and difficult questions to the model and reasoning effort selected in ChatGPT.
Jim Clyde Monge10 minAI News
OpenAI GPT-Live-1 Brings Full-Duplex Voice to Its API
The AI model listens while speaking, handles mid-conversation changes, and delegates deeper reasoning without forcing callers into rigid turns.
Jim Clyde Monge2 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
Google's New Gemini 3.8 Live Lets Voice AI Think While Talking
Google’s new audio models support 97 languages and asynchronous tools, but their benchmark results and billing demand a closer look.
Jim Clyde Monge4 minAI News
Block Unveils Dessa, a Local Full-Duplex Voice Model
Block’s speech-only research model promises simultaneous listening and talking, but public access and independent performance evidence remain missing.
James Rivera8 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 minAI News
Airbnb AI Search Adds Voice Queries and Home Comparisons
The U.S. rollout brings plain-language trip search and AI wishlist summaries, while host tools and phone-based AI support are still to come.
Angelica Kim7 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.
Angelica Kim8 minAI News
Natura Interface AI Ring Opens a Waitlist, Not Orders
The proposed voice-to-agent ring combines meeting capture and health tracking, but Natura leaves pricing, delivery and key hardware claims unsettled.
Angelica Kim7 minAI News
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Diarization Tracks Eight Speakers
The open-weight model pairs with speech recognition, handles overlapping voices, and offers streaming buffers as short as a recommended 0.32 seconds.
Jim Clyde Monge7 minGuidesSponsored
An Easy Way to Transform Your Images Into Talking AI Avatars
Here’s a detailed guide on how to create a custom AI avatar that you can use for product demos, UGCs, and more.
Jim Clyde Monge7 min
