Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human
Block unveiled a new voice model that the company says can run locally on a MacBook M4 Max.
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Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend
Block announced Dessa, a speech-to-speech AI model trained from scratch on human conversation, showcased through chats that can sound natural but occasionally awkward.
Spotify pulls 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations
Spotify reports removing more than 50 million AI-generated slop and spam tracks from recommendations over the past year while tweaking its system to surface more human-made music.
YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms
YouTube Music is introducing labels that flag songs generated fully or partially by AI, shown on the player page, as AI-created music proliferates on streaming services.
Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe
Apple disclosed a deal to hire the team and license technology from Huxe, a personalized podcast startup, prompting questions about possible AI-generated podcast plans.
Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music
Sean Parker is said to be rebuilding Stability AI around music, now operating with support and funding from the music labels.
Engram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations into music
Music startup Thoughtful Things has launched a Kickstarter for Engram, a sampler and groovebox that runs a local, custom-trained AI model to distort audio and hallucinate new experimental sounds.
Deploying real-time personalized speech with Qwen3-TTS on Amazon SageMaker AI
A guide to deploying the Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base text-to-speech model via Amazon SageMaker JumpStart to a real-time endpoint, with voice cloning from short reference clips.
Speaker-labeled transcription with WhisperX on SageMaker AI
AWS explains how to deploy the WhisperX Deep Learning Container on Amazon SageMaker AI real-time and asynchronous endpoints for word-level, speaker-labeled transcription.
**Know Who Spoke When: Build Real-Time, Multi-Speaker AI with NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Diarization**
The article discusses the implementation of NVIDIA Nemotron 3 for creating real-time, multi-speaker AI systems. The focus is on effective diarization for audio applications.
Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs
Universal Music Group is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs, allowing users to create remixes and mashups from its licensed catalog under a multiyear deal.
Suno releases its first AI music model made with record industry help
Suno's v6 is its first AI music model developed with record industry backing, trained on newly licensed data and offered in three variants including a free mini model.
Read the Apple document explaining how new listening features still protect your privacy
Apple announced new Siri Audio Intelligence features and published a document explaining that raw audio is processed in dedicated hardware and not saved or accessible to apps or Apple.
Adobe is trying to make its AI generators idiot-proof in Premiere
Adobe is revamping AI in Premiere with a Generative Media tool that lets editors create video and audio clips without leaving the timeline.
Roland is getting into generative AI music with Melody Flip
Roland has launched Melody Flip, a DAW plug-in that marks its entry into generative AI music, generating musical elements rather than fully polished songs.
Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters
As generative audio tools grow more sophisticated, AI-generated music derived from human artists is spreading online, prompting musicians to investigate creators who deny using the technology.
Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
Google's Gemini Notebook can now import purchased Google Play Books via a new Expert Intelligence feature, letting users query titles and generate plans, infographics, and AI podcasts from their contents.
Google’s new AI transcription edits out your ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’
Google's new Gemini 3.5 Transcribe model adds transcription that detects specialized jargon, supports more than 85 languages, and edits out filler words like 'ums' and 'ahs'.
Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool
Suno's Studio 2.0 adds MIDI support and a built-in synth, pushing the generative AI music tool closer to a traditional digital audio workstation.
Build Low-Latency Multilingual Voice Agents: Open Weights & Full Deployment Control with NVIDIA Magpie…
A Hugging Face Blog post covers NVIDIA Magpie TTS, positioned for building low-latency multilingual voice agents with open weights and full deployment control.
Bose CEO Lila Snyder on the fight for high-quality audio
In a Decoder interview, Bose CEO Lila Snyder describes the company's transformation into a B2B technology licensor and reflects on AI wearables and a disrupted headphones market.
Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore
Fenix Flexin appears to admit using AI for the song 'Rubberz' after producer Medasin's claims and an AI detector identified the track as made with the tool Treblo.
Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo
Treblo launched an open-source classifier that detects songs generated by its own AI music tool, and the tool flagged Fenix Flexin's track 'Rubberz' as very likely Treblo-made.
Meet Wrinkles, an app that uncovers the hidden stories of the places around you
Wrinkles is an app that uses AI to provide audio tours, revealing hidden histories and local stories, available on both iOS and Android.
Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership
Merlin, representing more than 30,000 independent labels and distributors, is backing Spotify's upcoming paid AI-powered remix and covers product, joining Universal Music Group.
How we built a realtime system for responsive voice AI in six months
OpenAI details GPT-Live, a realtime voice AI system built over six months that uses a turnless speech model and low-latency architecture for continuous, more natural voice interaction.
Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human
Smallest.ai raised $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI models designed to make AI phone calls pass the Turing test.
Fish Audio raises $52M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises
Fish Audio raised a $52M seed round to develop AI voice models. It reports over 8 million users of its open-source or hosted models and $21M in annual recurring revenue.
Runway launches AI model router as generative media gets crowded
Runway has introduced the Media Router, which automatically picks the best generative model for image, video, or audio requests depending on whether a developer prioritizes quality, speed, or cost.
Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated
Music streaming service Deezer says AI-generated tracks now account for more than 50% of daily uploads, reaching over 90,000 tracks per day in June.
I hate that I don’t hate this song made with Suno
A Verge opinion piece on 1010Benja's use of generative AI music tool Suno, focusing on the track "Semiramis' Dream" from his latest EP.
How Speech-to-Text Works: From Sound Waves to Transcripts
Speech recognition went from a brittle research problem to a solved-ish commodity in about three years. Here is the pipeline that made it work — and where it still breaks.
Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant
Spotify is introducing an AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app to find music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.