Recently, according to Bloomberg, Apple is developing a new voice assistant, Siri, which will utilize advanced large language models (LLMs) technology to achieve a more natural conversational experience. This move aims to close the gap with competitors, as products like Google's Gemini Live have demonstrated higher naturalness in conversational capabilities in recent years. According to sources, the new Siri assistant will completely replace the current Siri interface used by customers, with a planned release in 2026.

Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming the diagnostic methods in the field of mental health. A research team from Kaunas University of Technology has developed a revolutionary depression diagnosis model that employs multimodal analysis of voice and EEG data, paving the way for precise identification of mental health issues. The core of this research lies in breaking the limitations of traditional single-data diagnostics. The research team chose voice as a key data source because it can subtly reflect emotional states. Speech rate, tone, and emotional energy can all serve as potential signals of depression.

Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. recently announced the launch of its latest product 'Skywork 4.0' and the real-time voice dialogue assistant Skyo. This advancement marks the company's deepening development in the field of artificial intelligence, dedicated to providing a better user experience. Skyo is an intelligent voice interaction product with quick response and multilingual conversation capabilities, able to initiate dialogues and interrupt in real-time. The product also features emotional responses and personalized voice customization, aiming to provide users with warm and thoughtful companionship.

OpenAI has announced the expansion of its ChatGPT's advanced voice mode feature to the web version, allowing users to interact with the AI chatbot directly in the browser. The launch of the web version marks the continuation of the advanced voice mode feature first introduced in the iOS and Android applications. The new feature will initially be available to paid users of ChatGPT, including Plus, Enterprise, Teams, and Edu subscribers.

ElevenLabs is a startup focused on AI voice cloning and text-to-speech APIs, recently announcing a new feature that allows users to build complete conversational AI agents. Users can now customize various parameters of the conversational agent, such as voice tone and response length, according to their needs on ElevenLabs' developer platform. Previously, ElevenLabs mainly offered various voice and text-to-speech services. The company's growth director, Sam Sklar, stated that...

According to AI media outlet 'Digital Life Kazek', WeChat Official Accounts have quietly rolled out a new feature - AI Voice Cloning, aimed at enhancing users' reading experience. This update is reflected in version 2.29.1 of the official accounts, allowing users to read articles in their own voice, greatly enhancing content personalization. Users can find the 'Reading Voice' option in the backend settings to create their own unique voice. The process of creating a voice is relatively simple; users just need to read a piece of text on the spot, and the system will quickly perform voice cloning.

Video editing platform InVideo recently launched a significant upgrade version 3.0, introducing AI-based text-to-video generation capabilities. Users can create real-life footage, animated, or anime-style video content simply by entering text prompts, with customizable adjustments for different platforms such as YouTube, Instagram Reels, and LinkedIn. Although this new feature relies on third-party AI models, users can dynamically modify the video in real-time by adding text prompts.

Google officially launched the new Gemini application on the Apple App Store, introducing the voice interaction feature Gemini Live, marking a significant breakthrough in the smart voice assistant field. Meanwhile, Apple's plan to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into Siri also indicates an intensifying competition in this area. As an upgraded version of Bard released by Google in 2023, Gemini is

Beijing AiShi Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced that its PixVerse platform has officially opened its text-to-video and image-to-video technology services to the public. Previously, AiShi Technology's PixVerse V3 had a global simultaneous launch, achieving significant improvements in foundational model capabilities. It offers multi-modal generation capabilities and rich AI features, including creative templates, lip-sync matching, story continuation, and style transfer.

Although Jerry Garcia passed away in 1995, his voice has been resurrected through artificial intelligence technology. Recently, the AI development company ElevenLabs partnered with the Garcia family to bring the voice of the legendary rocker known as the 'Grateful Dead' back into the public eye. This new application, named ElevenReader, aims to allow users to have Garcia's voice read emails, books, and various text content aloud. The ElevenReader app combines the functions of an e-reader.

In today's technology landscape, CLIP (Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training) is an important multimodal foundational model. It combines visual signals and text signals into a shared feature space using contrastive learning loss on a large-scale dataset of image-text pairs. As a retriever, CLIP supports various tasks such as zero-shot classification, detection, segmentation, and image-text retrieval. Meanwhile, as a feature extractor, it performs well in nearly all...

Recently, the short video platform TikTok announced a partnership with Getty Images to launch a new AI ad creation tool. Through this collaboration, advertisers can directly use licensed images and videos provided by Getty Images when utilizing TikTok's AI ad creation tools, producing ads that include AI-generated content. The platform's AI avatar feature can create virtual characters that look like real people, adding richer expressions to the advertising content.

Recently, Google launched a new AI voice assistant, Gemini Live, which allows users to engage in more natural conversations and supports 10 languages. Initially, Gemini Live was only available to paying users, but now all iOS and Android users can download and use it for free. Users can experience smoother human-machine interaction through the application, breaking the limitations of traditional voice assistants. One of the features of Gemini Live is its ability to conduct multi-turn conversations.

iFLYTEK recently announced the official launch of its latest development, the iFLYTEK Spark Multimodal Interaction Model. This technological breakthrough marks iFLYTEK's expansion from a single voice interaction technology to a new stage of real-time audio-visual multimodal interaction. The new model integrates voice, vision, and digital human interaction functions, allowing users to seamlessly combine all three with a single button.

As a leader in global language artificial intelligence, DeepL has recently launched a brand new real-time voice translation tool — DeepL Voice, aimed at promoting seamless communication between different languages. DeepL is valued at $2 billion, and its leadership in language solutions for both enterprises and individuals cannot be underestimated. DeepL Voice is the company's first product focused on voice translation, going beyond its renowned text translation service to enable real-time translation for multilingual interaction in both face-to-face and virtual scenarios.