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It was criticized by Scarlett Johansson. It was delayed by more than a month. And now that it's finally here, only a select few customers in an "alpha" group have access to the new ChatGPT Advanced ...

Let's get one thing out of the way early: Yes, I understand that voice chat in online console games has not only been possible, but has also been commonplace for two decades now. Nintendo is way ...

The trust and safety team of social gaming platform Rec Room has seen tremendous results in reducing toxicity over the past 18 months. In this VB Spotlight, dive into the metrics, tools and strategies ...

In May, when OpenAI first demonstrated ChatGPT-4o’s coming audio conversation capabilities, I wrote that it felt like we were “on the verge of something… like a sea change in how we think of and work ...

It might sound outdated at first. Phone chat lines? In 2026? But in a lot of rural areas, they never really went away. They ...

Anthropic has begun to roll out a “voice mode” for its Claude chatbot apps. The voice mode (in beta for now) allows Claude mobile app users to have “complete spoken conversations with Claude,” and ...

At the Meta 2024 Connect event, Meta today announced a plethora of new Meta AI-related features. One of the biggest changes is that you can now voice chat with Meta AI. Besides, the AI chatbot is also ...