SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it acquired text-to-speech technology company Ivona Software, a sign that the world's largest Internet retailer may be looking to develop more ...

Amazon has completed the acquisition of text-to-speech provider Ivona Software for an undisclosed sum. The move has sparked rumours that future generations of the online retailer's Kindle devices ...

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Not so long ago, generative AI could only communicate with human users via text. Now it's increasingly being given the power of speech -- and this ability is improving by the day. On Thursday, AI ...

OpenAI has today introduced a suite of advanced audio models and tools through its API, designed to empower developers in creating sophisticated, voice-driven applications. These updates include ...

New research shows models can be directly edited to hide selected voices, even when users specifically ask for them. A technique known as “machine unlearning” could teach AI models to forget specific ...

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more A two-person startup by the name of Nari ...

In late 2013, the Spike Jonze film Her imagined a future where people would form emotional connections with AI voice assistants. Nearly 12 years later, that fictional premise has veered closer to ...

Podcast recording and editing platform Podcastle is now joining other companies in the AI-powered, text-to-speech race by releasing its own AI model called Asyncflow v1.0. An API for developers will ...

Bark is a universal text-to-audio model that can not only create realistic speech, it can incorporate music, background noises, and sound effects. It can even include non-speech sounds like laughter, ...