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Microsoft AI Unveils Voice Models to Power Ultra-Realistic Agents with 320ms Response Time

Microsoft AI released three new voice models—MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, MAI-Voice-2.1, and MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash—designed to enable ultra-realistic voice agents that respond in near real-time. The streaming transcription model delivers results within 320 milliseconds across 60 languages, while the text-to-speech models support 23 languages with natural cross-language voice consistency.

Technology3 sources

Microsoft AI Unveils Voice Models to Power Ultra-Realistic Agents with 320ms Response Time

Technology3 sources

Audible Rolls Out AI Features Enabling Listeners to Interact With Book Characters

Amazon-owned Audible unveiled three AI-powered features designed to transform audiobook listening. The tools include a character guide for tracking speakers, interactive stories enabling generative AI conversations with fictional characters, and a visual explorer displaying contextual imagery—all aimed at deepening user immersion as competition from Spotify intensifies.

Technology5 sources

Audible Rolls Out AI Features Enabling Listeners to Interact With Book Characters

Technology5 sources

ServiceNow Launches Flow: AI-Powered Service Desk Targets Midmarket in One-Day Deployment

ServiceNow unveiled Flow, its first AI-native conversational service desk that operates inside Slack and Microsoft Teams. The standalone product deploys within a day without infrastructure requirements, marking ServiceNow's expansion beyond large enterprises into the Fortune 500,000 midmarket segment with consumption-based pricing.

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ServiceNow Launches Flow: AI-Powered Service Desk Targets Midmarket in One-Day Deployment

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SpaceXAI Weighs Four-Tier Grok Pricing Model From Free to $100 Ultra Plan

Elon Musk's SpaceXAI is considering a unified four-tier pricing model for Grok and X subscription services, ranging from a free tier to a $100-per-month Ultra plan. The proposed structure includes an $8 Lite plan with verified badge and reduced ads, aiming to simplify the current separate subscription systems while competing with OpenAI and Anthropic.

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SpaceXAI Weighs Four-Tier Grok Pricing Model From Free to $100 Ultra Plan

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ElevenLabs Doubles Valuation to $22B as AI Voice Agents Handle 15M Weekly Conversations

London-based AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubled its company valuation to $22 billion through a $300 million employee tender offer led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price. The deal brings Goldman Sachs and GIC as new investors while CEO Mati Staniszewski targets IPO-readiness within two years as enterprise customers now drive 55% of revenue.

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ElevenLabs Doubles Valuation to $22B as AI Voice Agents Handle 15M Weekly Conversations

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Relay Secures $36M to Transform Frontline Workers' Radios Into AI-Powered Intelligence Systems

Relay raised $36 million in funding led by International Paper, bringing total capital to over $90 million. The smart radio startup uses AI-powered voice systems to capture vital intelligence from frontline workers in manufacturing, hospitality and healthcare, converting spoken conversations into structured data that prevents signal evaporation and improves operational efficiency.

Technology2 sources

Relay Secures $36M to Transform Frontline Workers' Radios Into AI-Powered Intelligence Systems

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DoorDash Launches AI Agent That Lets You Order Food by Text in Apple Messages

DoorDash unveiled a text-to-order AI agent that allows users to place food orders directly through Apple Messages with simple commands like "order my usual." The AI-powered feature learns preferences, handles group orders, and completes checkout without opening the app. A US waitlist is now open for beta access.

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DoorDash Launches AI Agent That Lets You Order Food by Text in Apple Messages

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Instagram Launches AI Assistant to Help Creators Decode Performance Metrics and Boost Engagement

Meta introduces an AI assistant within its Instagram Edits app that analyzes creator metrics, audience preferences, and trending content to deliver personalized insights. The tool aims to help creators understand why certain Reels succeed while others fail, offering actionable recommendations without taking over the creative process itself.

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Instagram Launches AI Assistant to Help Creators Decode Performance Metrics and Boost Engagement

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Adobe Plugin Brings Interactive Editing Controls to ChatGPT for Images, Designs and PDFs

Adobe unveiled interactive editing controls for its ChatGPT plugin at OpenAI DevDay 2026. Users can now edit images with Photoshop and Adobe Express tools, modify PDFs with Acrobat, and seamlessly switch between conversational AI prompts and hands-on adjustments without leaving the chat interface.

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Adobe Plugin Brings Interactive Editing Controls to ChatGPT for Images, Designs and PDFs

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Adobe Launches CX Enterprise Coworker Plugin to Power Enterprise Marketing Intelligence in ChatGPT

Adobe expands its OpenAI partnership by launching the CX Enterprise Coworker plugin for ChatGPT, bringing enterprise marketing intelligence and agentic AI capabilities to millions of users. The integration connects customer experience workflows with Adobe Workfront, enabling teams to compress campaign timelines from weeks to days while maintaining enterprise policy boundaries.

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Adobe Launches CX Enterprise Coworker Plugin to Power Enterprise Marketing Intelligence in ChatGPT

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US Government's America.gov AI Chatbot Contains Hidden Minecraft End Poem Easter Egg

The newly launched America.gov AI chatbot stunned users by delivering an 1,800-word bureaucratic remix of Minecraft's End Poem when prompted to "play Minecraft." Built with Google Gemini and Grok, the chatbot aggregates 29,000 government websites but raised initial concerns about hallucination before the poetic response was confirmed as an intentional easter egg.

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US Government's America.gov AI Chatbot Contains Hidden Minecraft End Poem Easter Egg

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Trump's America.gov AI Chatbot Contradicts President on 2020 Election, Pentagon Naming

President Trump launched America.gov, an AI-powered chatbot designed to consolidate 29,000 government websites into one interface. But the system immediately contradicted Trump on key claims including the 2020 election outcome and Pentagon naming. Within hours, the chatbot began refusing to answer political questions, raising concerns about transparency and AI model guardrails in government information systems.

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Trump's America.gov AI Chatbot Contradicts President on 2020 Election, Pentagon Naming

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AI Companionship Is Making People Lonelier, New Research Reveals

AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Replika and Character.AI are increasingly used for emotional support, but mounting evidence shows these human-AI relationships may cause addiction-like attachment, worsen mental health symptoms, and leave users more isolated than before.

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AI Companionship Is Making People Lonelier, New Research Reveals

Entertainment6 sources

Trump Unveils America.gov AI Chatbot to Simplify Access to Federal Government Services

President Donald Trump launched America.gov, an AI-powered government website using Google Gemini and xAI Grok to help Americans navigate federal services. While the Trump administration promises a unified digital portal for 40 million daily users, concerns emerge about AI hallucinations and the site's current limited functionality with most features delayed until 2027.

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Trump Unveils America.gov AI Chatbot to Simplify Access to Federal Government Services

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Kayak Co-Founders Launch Lola, AI Travel Agent Backed by Booking Holdings

Lola, a new AI-powered travel service from Kayak co-founders Steve Hafner and Paul English, launches with backing from Booking Holdings. The conversational AI platform promises to streamline the booking of hotels, restaurants, and activities through natural language processing, offering three membership tiers including a free option with no ads.

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Kayak Co-Founders Launch Lola, AI Travel Agent Backed by Booking Holdings

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