Krisp, a company known for its noise-cancellation technology, has unveiled an AI tool that can convert a speaker's accent to American English in real-time, supporting over 17 Indian dialects initially and plans to add more accents like Filipino, offering a free 60-minute daily usage or a $15/month unlimited plan.
Otter unveils AI meeting assistants that actively participate through voice interaction, joining meetings, accessing data, scheduling follow-ups, and drafting emails, initially on Zoom with plans to expand to other virtual platforms.
Google unveils Gemini 2.5, a groundbreaking AI model that 'thinks' before answering, with Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental being its most intelligent multimodal reasoning AI yet, aiming to outpace rivals OpenAI and Anthropic in the AI race.
Intensifying the global AI race, Chinese startup DeepSeek unveiled a powerful upgrade to its language model, DeepSeek-V3-0324, rivaling OpenAI and Anthropic with enhanced reasoning and coding capabilities while offering cost advantages.
A study uncovered the nuanced effects of ChatGPT usage, revealing that while emotional attachment is uncommon, heavy users may experience wellbeing impacts influenced by factors like emotional needs, AI perceptions, and usage duration, with voice mode having mixed short-term and long-term consequences.
A Norwegian man filed a complaint seeking a fine against OpenAI after an older version of ChatGPT falsely claimed he killed his two sons and was jailed for 21 years, prompting OpenAI to update its models to improve accuracy.
Perplexity, an AI search startup, proposes an ambitious $30-50 billion bid to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations, rebuild its algorithm transparently and integrate its search capabilities, seeking funding at an $18 billion valuation.
OpenAI unveiled powerful new AI models for speech transcription and text-to-speech generation, offering developers more accurate and customizable voice experiences, but with controlled access due to their large size and complexity, unlike previous open-source releases.
Meta's open-source AI model Llama has achieved a remarkable milestone of 1 billion downloads, fueling innovation across diverse industries as companies like Spotify and developers leverage its capabilities for cutting-edge applications, underscoring Meta's commitment to democratizing AI technology.
A $50 AI wearable called Bee listens to conversations, summarizing key details and creating searchable transcripts without saving audio, though it struggles to reliably differentiate speakers and fact-check memories.