Zhipu AI announces that its end-to-end emotional voice technology has officially launched on the Zhipu Qinyan platform and is now available to all users. This technology overcomes the limitations of traditional text-to-speech (TTS) technology, capable of deeply understanding contextual nuances and generating emotionally rich natural dialogues. This marks the evolution of Zhipu AI's speech synthesis technology from simple text reading to an AI that can express genuine emotions.

According to media reports, Tan Xu, former Chief Research Manager at Microsoft Research Asia, joined the startup Dark Side of the Moon in August, primarily responsible for developing end-to-end speech models. One important goal after Tan's joining is to create a speech experience similar to GPT-4o for the company. Dark Side of the Moon has not yet responded, but insiders have confirmed Tan's employment, and specific position details have not been finalized. Public information indicates that Tan Xu's research areas include deep learning, language/speech/music processing, and AI content generation, with publications in AI academic conferences.

Westlake Xincheng announces the open-source release of its Westlake-Omni model. As the world's first open-source Chinese emotional end-to-end speech interaction model, Westlake-Omni utilizes discrete representation to unify text and speech modalities, with a particular focus on real-time capabilities, enabling quick responses and providing an almost zero-latency experience.

According to 36Kr, Xiaomi's automotive autonomous driving team recently completed a new round of organizational restructuring, marking the entry of Xiaomi's autonomous driving business into a new acceleration phase. The original two secondary departments, 'Perception' and 'Control', have been merged into the 'End-to-End Algorithm and Function Department', responsible for production-ready solution development. This change indicates that Xiaomi's autonomous driving will shift from traditional modular development to the technological route of large end-to-end models. The restructuring of Xiaomi's autonomous driving business and the shift in technological direction aim to capture user mindset and maintain high sales.

Recently, a model named GOT-OCR2.0 has attracted widespread attention in the industry. This model is capable of handling not only conventional text recognition tasks but also complex content such as formulas, tables, and sheet music, making it an all-around player in the OCR field. The core advantage of GOT-OCR2.0 lies in its diverse functionality and outstanding performance. Firstly, the model primarily supports the recognition of Chinese and English characters, and can be further fine-tuned to extend to more languages. This language adaptability enables GOT-OCR2.0 to be utilized in international applications.

Xihu Xincheng Technology Co., Ltd. recently officially launched China's first end-to-end general-purpose speech large model - Xincheng Lingo, at the Bund Conference. Since its release on August 1, the model underwent internal testing and was publicly showcased on September 5, demonstrating its advanced speech processing capabilities. Xincheng Lingo can directly understand speech, capturing tone, rhythm, and emotion, and provides speech responses.

Soul App has made significant breakthroughs in the AI+Social field by upgrading its self-developed end-to-end full-duplex voice call model, achieving a natural and smooth voice communication experience with virtual characters that nearly matches the realism of talking to a real person. This model features ultra-low interaction latency, rapid automatic interruption, hyper-realistic voice expression, and emotional perception understanding capabilities, making it nearly impossible for users to distinguish whether their conversation partner is a real person or AI. This innovation not only significantly enhances the social experience for users on Soul but also showcases Soul's advancements in AI technology.

Xincheng Lingo is the first end-to-end speech large model in China, with internal testing reservations now open. This model is considered to be close in capability to GPT-4, marking a significant breakthrough for China in the field of speech AI. The core advantages of Xincheng Lingo include native speech understanding, diverse speech style expression, and efficient speech modality compression. It can recognize textual information in speech and capture other important features, providing a natural and vibrant interaction experience, and adjusting speech styles flexibly according to context and user instructions. With a high compression rate speech codec, Xincheng Lingo...

The iFlytek Spark Voice Large Model has received a brand new upgrade, introducing a new generation of interactive experience called 'Ultra-Human-Like Interaction'. This upgrade has optimized and enhanced multiple aspects, aiming to provide users with a more natural, smooth, and emotionally rich dialogue experience.

ByteDance's latest CLASI system is a powerful tool for cross-language communication, designed for real-time translation. Its core technology includes a robust language model and an information retrieval system, enabling near real-time, accurate, and fluent translations that understand professional terminology and maintain contextual memory for coherence. CLASI also features self-learning capabilities to handle unclear audio or vague expressions e....

According to 36Kr, the recent organizational restructuring in the field of intelligent driving at Li Auto has caught the attention of the industry. It is reported that Li Auto has established a dedicated entity organization for "end-to-end autonomous driving," with a team size of approximately 200 people, and members from other teams are also flexibly supporting this project. This move aligns with industry trends. Previously, NIO had already taken the lead in organizational changes, establishing

Meta AI recently announced a stunning technological breakthrough, successfully developing an end-to-end model for generating high-quality 3D assets. In addition, users can now re-color and texture existing 3D shapes or those created by artists using new text inputs, further enhancing the visual effects of the models.This model can generate high-quality 3D models based on text in less than a minute, which is astonishing. This feature provides creators with more room for imagination and creative p

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