Trying the new voice assistant from AI startup Sesame is the first time I momentarily forgot I was talking to a bot. Compared ...

AI researcher Riley Goodside brought wider attention to the over-the-top "unhinged" mode in particular when he tweeted a ...

When OpenAI first introduced ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, I was intrigued by the idea that this might be the template for a ...

AI developer Riley Goodside showcased just how wild the unhinged voice for Grok 3 can be in a recording where he repeatedly ...

Perplexity's voice mode revamp suggests Perplexity isn’t looking to beat ChatGPT and Gemini at where they are strongest, but ...

Move over ChatGPT as Sesame offers a superior AI voice companion, and its Maya voice engages in natural and human-like ...

In late February, Sesame released a demo for the company's new Conversational Speech Model (CSM) that appears to cross over what many consider the "uncanny valley" of AI-generated speech, with some ...

With Apple's revamped assistant delayed again, Google and OpenAI step in to upgrade your iPhone's AI experience.

Sesame has a mini white paper you can read on its website, describing the model and its dataset of around one million hours ...

Elon Musk's xAI offers AI with virtually no guard rails. The new Voice Mode can therefore shout, moan, swear and more.

While it’s still a text-to-speech system, meaning it won't have the emotional nuance of ChatGPT's advanced voice mode, the improvement is noticeable. You can finally pick a voice that doesn’t ...