Voicebox is Meta’s first entry into the generative AI space for speech

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Meta has recently unveiled its first generative artificial intelligence tool for speech. The tool, named Voicebox, can handle various speech-generation tasks without being explicitly trained for them, thanks to its in-context learning ability.

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Bing AI Chat adds voice chat to desktop search

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Voice chat is a common way to interact with mobile devices, but not so much with desktop computers. Bing wants to change that by bringing voice chat to its desktop search interface. You can now talk to Bing on your PC or laptop using a microphone and hear its responses through speakers or headphones.

Bing voice chat on desktop supports five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Mandarin. Microsoft will add more languages soon. You can switch languages easily by clicking on the language icon in the chat box. Bing is the first major search engine to offer AI and voice chat on mobile and desktop platforms. This makes searching the web more convenient and engaging for users across devices. 

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NVIDIA generative AI tech can let you have real convos with NPCs

NVIDIA has introduced Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE), a technology that lets gamers have natural conversations with non-playable characters (NPCs) in games. The company showcased the tech at Computex 2023 with a demo called Kairos, where a player chats with an NPC named Jin in a futuristic Ramen shop.

The demo shows how the player can ask Jin about his life and get relevant answers. For example, the player says: “Hey Jin, how are you?” Jin replies: “Unfortunately, not so good. I am worried about the crime around here. It’s gotten bad lately. My ramen shop got caught in the crossfire.”

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