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Meet Grok Voice 3.0: SpaceXAI Voice Agent Model Ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis
SpaceXAI just released Grok Voice 3.0. Grok Voice 3.0 is a SpaceXAI speech-to-speech model that listens, reasons, calls tools and speaks. It now ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Speech-to-Speech Index with a score of 86.9. For developers, the endpoint, events and $0.08 per minute price are unchanged from Grok Voice 2.0. TL;DR What is […] The post Meet Grok Voice 3.0: SpaceXAI Voice Agent…
Oct 15, 2026
Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform
Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.
Oct 15, 2026
Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis
The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process.
Oct 15, 2026
Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt
Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor—can quickly snowball into a much larger public controversy. Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread online that describes itself as the “storm tracker for the internet,” […]
Oct 15, 2026
Datalab Releases OmniParseBench: An Open OCR Benchmark With 16,288 Pass/Fail Tests to Audit OCR Parsers
Datalab released OmniParseBench, an open OCR benchmark with 16,288 yes/no tests on 2,937 pages in 92 languages. Every score is a pass rate you can slice by tag, script or language. The post Datalab Releases OmniParseBench: An Open OCR Benchmark With 16,288 Pass/Fail Tests to Audit OCR Parsers appeared first on MarkTechPost.
Oct 14, 2026
McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client
Consulting firm McKinsey & Company is going to ask some entry-level candidates to have a 10-minute conversation with an AI simulation of a client as part of the interview process, according to The Wall Street Journal. The AI simulation "aims to reflect 80% of the scenarios McKinsey consultants might encounter in their day-to-day work," the WSJ says, and it isn't designed to "mimic an unhinged…
Oct 14, 2026
Fish Audio Releases Drama 3, a 35B Open-Weight MoE Text-to-Speech Model
Fish Audio released Drama 3, a 35B mixture-of-experts text-to-speech model with about 3B active parameters. It takes plain-language direction, covers 83 languages and ships open weights under a revenue-capped community license. The post Fish Audio Releases Drama 3, a 35B Open-Weight MoE Text-to-Speech Model appeared first on MarkTechPost.
Oct 14, 2026
Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different
Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology.
Oct 14, 2026
Epic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than Steam
But the new "Preview" app "will have some bugs," Epic warns.
Oct 14, 2026
Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
OpenAI is facing a new wave of lawsuits from eight US states that accuse the company of harming children and misleading customers about the safety of ChatGPT, as reported earlier by Reuters. The lawsuits, filed separately by Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, and Montana, allege OpenAI unlawfully put profits over safety when developing ChatGPT. The string of…
Oct 14, 2026
The AI race is back on
Mark Zuckerberg at the Meta Connect developer conference. | Photo: Andrej Sokolow/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Last week, Anthropic and OpenAI looked like they had the AI race to themselves, pulling ahead with increasingly powerful models that left their rivals in the dust. Google seemed hopelessly far behind, while Meta, despite spending billions to revive its floundering AI ambitions,…
Oct 14, 2026
Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?
New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed a years-long multi-state investigation against Character.AI as they now seek to require protections on consumer data sold through its bankruptcy proceeding. James is among 40 bipartisan AGs who filed a notice of interest in Character.AI's bankruptcy case "to put all parties on notice of the regulatory issues that will need to be addressed in any…
Oct 14, 2026
YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms
The label will appear on the player page and include songs entirely generated by AI or partially, such as AI involved in composition and vocals.
Oct 14, 2026
YouTube sticks new labels on AI-generated songs
YouTube is adding a "Made with AI" label to tracks that were "altered or fully generated" using AI, with a similar approach to its existing process for applying AI labels to videos. It doesn't sound like this will apply to any and all use of AI tools in making music, but according to YouTube, it includes things like "using a generative model to create the composition and vocals." In its rules for…
Oct 14, 2026
Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence
Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
Oct 14, 2026
Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
AI design tools make proteins that break bonds that are stable for hundreds of years.
Oct 14, 2026
My AI doppelganger tells me what to eat
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. For the past 100 days or so, my mornings have had a new rhythm. When I wake up, the first thing I have to do is feed my digital twin. It consumes my metabolic data, and its first…
Oct 14, 2026
OpenAI claims an ex-employee took its product plans and presented them to Apple
OpenAI claims a former employee took more than 100 files related to its product plans before joining Apple. In a document filed on Wednesday, OpenAI accuses the unnamed employee of sending this information to a personal account and then presenting it to Apple leadership, including the vice president of the company's operations in Asia. The filing, reported earlier by Reuters, is tied to a legal…
Oct 14, 2026
Recording device hidden in toilet paper found in top-secret OpenAI meeting room
OpenAI engineer faces 5 years and $250K fine as FBI lobs foreign spy charges.
Oct 14, 2026
HiRO-ACEv2: Simulating extreme weather at 3 km resolution for a fraction of the cost
Oct 14, 2026