Block unveils Dessa, a speech-only conversational AI model
Block says it runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or better and will give safety researchers early access.
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Tencent releases Hy-SimulMT for Chinese-English simultaneous translation
The FP8 30B model streams speech both ways with voice cloning; Tencent reports about 3 seconds of StreamLAAL.
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ElevenLabs releases Eleven Realtime speech-to-speech models
v1 Max is billed at 98.8 percent on Big Bench Audio with a 0.57-second response; both ship on ElevenAgents.
Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar
Google DeepMind added Live Avatar real-time video presence to Gemini 3.8 Live in Gemini Enterprise.
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NemotronLabs VoiceChat: An Open Full-duplex Speech-to-Speech Model with Tool Calling Capabilities
NemotronLabs VoiceChat is an open full-duplex speech-to-speech model that calls tools during real-time conversation.
Gemini Live audio
Google released Gemini 3.8 Live speech-to-speech models; Simon Willison built a library-free browser web UI for real-time voice conversations with them.
Google Releases Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking for Production Grade Voice Agents
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking speech-to-speech models for production voice agents, topping speech-to-speech benchmarks.
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live to take on OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 at a fraction of the cost
Google DeepMind launches Gemini 3.8 Live speech-to-speech models, topping Artificial Analysis leaderboard at 82.6% with much cheaper pricing than OpenAI.
Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking speech models, topping speech-to-speech benchmarks with parallel reasoning for voice agents.
Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Google DeepMind launched Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking speech models, topping Artificial Analysis' Speech-to-Speech Quality Index at 82.6.
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