Aug 14 (Reuters) - A man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who had lost his ability to speak has been able to communicate with a Blackrock Neurotech text-to-speech brain implant, researchers ...

ElevenLabs, an AI startup that just raised a $180 million mega-funding round, has been primarily known for its audio-generation prowess. The company took a step in another technological direction by ...

AI voice generators have evolved far beyond the robotic monotones of early text-to-speech systems. In 2025, these platforms can now produce highly realistic, natural-sounding voices that are nearly ...

Calm is introducing a new Sleep Story that is narrated by the voice behind TikTok’s text-to-speech voice, the company announced on Tuesday. Kat Callaghan, a Canadian radio host and voiceover artist ...

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 ...

Alibaba’s Marco-Voice pairs voice cloning with controllable emotion for more natural and expressive synthetic speech in ...

Why it matters: Tech companies have tended to one-up each other regarding accessibility features lately. Everything from games to car infotainment systems seem to have various functions that help ...

Advances in artificial intelligence have allowed software to recreate voices with eerie precision. The technology puts voice actors, often-nameless professionals, in a precarious position. Remie ...

AIs can now apparently carry on a passable conversation, depending on what you classify as passable conversation. The quality of your local pub’s banter aside, an AI stuck in a text box doesn’t have ...