A massive security breach exposes 3.7 million chat logs, 1.4 million audio files, and sensitive customer data from Sears Home Services' AI chatbot, Samantha, raising serious fraud and privacy concerns after some recordings captured up to four hours of private ambient conversations customers never knew were being recorded.
A powerful new open-source voice AI tool called RCLI now lets Apple Silicon Mac users run a full speech-to-text, LLM, and text-to-speech pipeline entirely on-device with no cloud or API keys required, supporting 38 voice-controlled actions and ultra-fast local document querying at just 4ms latency.
Google launches Gemini Embedding 2, its first natively multimodal embedding model, capable of processing text, images, video, audio, and documents together in a single unified space across 100+ languages, now available in public preview via the Gemini API and Vertex AI.
Krisp AI launches a groundbreaking listener-side accent conversion tool that processes diverse English accents in real time with under 200ms latency, running entirely on-device to ensure full privacy while seamlessly integrating with Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet for clearer global communication.
Google Labs launches ProducerAI, a powerful generative AI music platform powered by Gemini and DeepMind models that lets anyone create full songs using natural language prompts, with Grammy-winning artists already on board and free global access available now at producer.ai.
ElevenLabs launches Experiments in ElevenAgents, a powerful A/B testing feature that lets teams optimize AI agent performance by testing prompt, voice, and workflow variants on live traffic while tracking key metrics like CSAT, conversion rates, and cost per resolution.
OpenAI is racing to launch six AI-powered devices — including smart glasses, a speaker, a lamp, a pin, a pen, and a frontrunner smart earbud targeting a September release — developed by a team of former Apple designers led by Jony Ive, though consumer trust remains a hurdle with only …
ElevenLabs secures the world's first AIUC-1-backed insurance policy for AI voice agents, offering Fortune 500 companies financial protection for mission-critical workflows after passing over 5,000 adversarial simulations across 14 risk categories.
Apple rushes three AI devices into development for 2026-2027 launch including smart glasses, camera-equipped AirPods, and AI pendant, despite major doubts about the company's AI execution capabilities following disappointing Apple Intelligence rollout.
Google unveils Lyria 3, a revolutionary AI tool that transforms text prompts into custom 30-second songs complete with lyrics and cover art in just 5-10 seconds, though copyright concerns emerge as the technology potentially mimics existing artists without permission.