Iceland’s Treble raises $18 million to test the next generation of voice AI hardware
Iceland-based Treble raised $18 million to expand acoustic simulation for voice AI models, wearables, robotics, and other sound-driven products.
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Google’s Gemini 3.8 Live targets OpenAI with cheaper real-time voice AI
Google DeepMind launches Gemini 3.8 Live audio models with low API pricing, challenging OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1 on cost, quality and developer adoption.
OpenAI launches GPT-Live voice models and makes real-time turn-taking central to ChatGPT
OpenAI has introduced GPT-Live voice models for ChatGPT, betting that full-duplex speech can make AI assistants more useful for live work.
Interfaze releases diffusion-gemma-asr-small, betting diffusion decoding can reshape open speech transcription
Interfaze has released diffusion-gemma-asr-small, an open-source ASR model for six languages that tests diffusion decoding as a new path for speech AI.
Amazon Launches AI Audio Answers For Product Pages
Amazon introduced an AI-powered shopping feature that generates conversational audio answers to product questions.
Apple Acquires Audio AI Startup Q.ai for $2 Billion in Major AI Push
Apple has acquired Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai for a reported $2 billion, its second-largest acquisition ever. The move signals a major push into AI, particularly in audio technology for its products like AirPods and Vision Pro.
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