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OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations

OpenAI today released new conversational models, called GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, claiming that they sound more natural and can handle turn-taking better. These are full-duplex models, meaning they can speak and listen at the same time, allowing users to interrupt naturally and enabling features like live translation.

The company is also replacing its current Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT with GPT-Live-1 mini by default. Users of paid tiers will be able to access the larger GPT-Live-1 model. The previous model combined a speech-to-text model to transcribe speech, a large language model to generate responses, and a text-to-speech model to deliver the final answer.

The company said in a press briefing that the new models solve issues like interrupting users while they’re talking and not having enough intelligence to answer questions. OpenAI’s new models will send the query to its latest text models like GPT-5.5 for search, reasoning, or agentic capabilities...

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Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool

Google Photos is getting a new “Video Remix” feature that can edit and transform videos in seconds, Google announced on Wednesday. The feature is powered by Gemini Omni, Google’s recently released model that promises to “create anything from any input.” The launch is Google’s latest push to bring

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DuckDuckGo Now Blocks Most YouTube Ads Right Inside Its Browser

Nobody likes to sit through a 30-second unskippable ad by choice, and DuckDuckGo is betting that plenty of people would switch browsers just to avoid it. The company announced today that its browser now blocks most video ads on YouTube, including the ones that play before a clip starts and

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AI memory crunch takes a bite out of PC shipments

PERSONAL TECH IDC warns smaller players may struggle as DRAM drought drags on The memory chip crisis caused PC shipments to fall by 5 percent from last year in Q2 2026 as vendors struggled to secure supplies, and IDC warns smaller suppliers may be forced out of business if the

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Allstate Insurance quits Broadcom, alleges vengeful license audit on the way out

CA and VMware both suing insurance giant Broadcom has accused Allstate Insurance of dodging a software license audit that the insurer claims only happened after it decided to stop using VMware and CA software. Those two Broadcom business units – CA and VMware – have brought copyright infringement lawsuits against Allstate. The

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Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool

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AI memory crunch takes a bite out of PC shipments

Allstate Insurance quits Broadcom, alleges vengeful license audit on the way out