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Microsoft Launches Streaming Transcription and New AI Voices
Microsoft adds live transcription in 60 languages alongside two multilingual speech-generation models for voice applications.
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Microsoft adds live transcription in 60 languages alongside two multilingual speech-generation models for voice applications.
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SpaceXAI has launched shared Grok assistants for Teams and Enterprise users, combining workplace tools, memory and Slack access in a public beta.
Nvidia has authorized an additional $150 billion in share repurchases, bringing its total buyback capacity to $235 billion, the largest single authorization increase in U.S. history.
OpenAI appears to be developing a ChatGPT Pro Max subscription tier priced at $500 per month, according to references surfaced in unreleased subscription code.
BlackRock has published a research paper arguing that broad AI adoption represents an underappreciated source of demand for digital assets, stablecoins, and blockchain-based payment infrastructure.
Spotify has begun rolling out Taste Profile to Premium subscribers in the United States, allowing users to see how the platform understands their listening habits and reshape recommendations using natural language.
Armenia has emerged as a regional AI infrastructure hub following the opening of Firebird's Nvidia-powered AI factory in Hrazdan, the first of its kind in the CIS.
OpenAI has automatically enabled marketing cookies for free ChatGPT users, sharing limited data such as cookie IDs and email addresses with advertising partners to promote its products on platforms including Instagram.
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Word, a Microsoft add-in that brings ChatGPT's AI capabilities directly into Microsoft Word for drafting, editing, and formatting documents.
TRON founder Justin Sun has launched the Justin Sun Prize, a decentralized academic bounty offering up to $1 million for machine-verifiable mathematical proofs.