Best Text-to-Speech TTS Models in 2026: A Benchmark-Based Comparison
LLM

Best Text-to-Speech TTS Models in 2026: A Benchmark-Based Comparison

This article benchmarks and compares leading text-to-speech models in 2026, evaluating their quality, latency, cost,...

MarkTechPost
‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs
Coding Co-pilotMicrosoft

‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs

GitHub Copilot has introduced token-based billing, ending its free tier and sparking negative reactions from developers...

TechCrunch AI
Microsoft and Nvidia reportedly team up on AI PCs that run actual agents instead of Copilot
AI AgentsMicrosoft

Microsoft and Nvidia reportedly team up on AI PCs that run actual agents instead of Copilot

Microsoft and Nvidia are collaborating on AI PCs that run autonomous agents instead of Copilot, with new devices from...

The Decoder
Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant
Personal AssistantsMeta

Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

Meta is developing an AI-powered pendant as part of its expanding hardware strategy. The company continues to invest...

TechCrunch AI
I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful
Personal AssistantsGoogle

I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful

Google has launched Gemini Spark, a 24/7 AI assistant designed to automate everyday tasks such as inbox summaries and...

TechCrunch AI
The groupthink boom: what 3 top VCs really think about the AI frenzy
Startups & Funding

The groupthink boom: what 3 top VCs really think about the AI frenzy

Top venture capitalists discuss the current AI investment frenzy in Silicon Valley, where even very young founders are...

TechCrunch AI
AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk
Ethics & Regulation

AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk

AI-generated fake influencers are being used to deceive consumers on social media platforms like TikTok, Facebook, and...

The Verge AI
Making AI chatbots helpful weakens their ability to simulate human behavior, large-scale study finds
Research & Papers

Making AI chatbots helpful weakens their ability to simulate human behavior, large-scale study finds

A large-scale study with 208,000 participants found that training language models to be helpful chatbots paradoxically...

The Decoder
Terence Tao argues AI could bring division of labor to math for the first time in history
Research & Papers

Terence Tao argues AI could bring division of labor to math for the first time in history

Mathematician Terence Tao argues that AI could fundamentally transform mathematics by enabling division of labor for...

The Decoder
Attackers abuse shared ChatGPT and Claude chats to spread malware
Ethics & Regulation

Attackers abuse shared ChatGPT and Claude chats to spread malware

Attackers are exploiting the chat-sharing features in ChatGPT and Claude to distribute malware through shared...

The Decoder
OpenAI's Codex can now operate your Windows PC autonomously, hunting bugs and testing apps on its own
AI AgentsOpenAI

OpenAI's Codex can now operate your Windows PC autonomously, hunting bugs and testing apps on its own

OpenAI's Codex now features "Computer Use" capability on Windows 11, enabling autonomous control of programs, app...

The Decoder
Salesforce claims AI agents cut a 231-day migration to 13 days with fewer incidents
AI Agents

Salesforce claims AI agents cut a 231-day migration to 13 days with fewer incidents

Salesforce reports using Anthropic's Claude with AI agents to complete a migration in 13 days instead of 231 days,...

The Decoder
Do You Actually Need to Pay for Transcription Software?
Personal Assistants

Do You Actually Need to Pay for Transcription Software?

The article reviews Wispr Flow and other AI-powered transcription software to help consumers decide between paid...

Wired AI
Genesis AI Releases Nyx, Quadrants, and Genesis World 1.0 Physics Platform for Scalable Robotics Foundation Model Evaluation
Research & Papers

Genesis AI Releases Nyx, Quadrants, and Genesis World 1.0 Physics Platform for Scalable Robotics Foundation Model Evaluation

Genesis AI released Genesis World 1.0, a four-component simulation platform for robotics foundation model evaluation,...

MarkTechPost
Meta's leaked memo reveals AI pendant, supersensing glasses, and enterprise wearables strategy
LLMMeta

Meta's leaked memo reveals AI pendant, supersensing glasses, and enterprise wearables strategy

Meta is pivoting its AI strategy toward hardware products including an AI pendant and supersensing glasses, after...

The Decoder
Hermes Agent Ships Tool Search for MCP: Anthropic Evals Show 49% to 74% Accuracy Gain on Opus 4
AI Agents

Hermes Agent Ships Tool Search for MCP: Anthropic Evals Show 49% to 74% Accuracy Gain on Opus 4

Nous Research's Hermes Agent introduces Tool Search functionality to address context bloat in MCP (Model Context...

MarkTechPost
How to Use AgentTrove: Streaming 1.7M Agentic Traces and Building a Clean ShareGPT SFT Dataset in Python
AI Agents

How to Use AgentTrove: Streaming 1.7M Agentic Traces and Building a Clean ShareGPT SFT Dataset in Python

AgentTrove is an open-source dataset containing 1.7M agentic interaction traces in ShareGPT format. The article...

MarkTechPost
NVIDIA Introduces X-Token: Projection-Guided Cross-Tokenizer KD That Outperforms GOLD by +3.82 Average Points on Llama-3.2-1B
LLM

NVIDIA Introduces X-Token: Projection-Guided Cross-Tokenizer KD That Outperforms GOLD by +3.82 Average Points on Llama-3.2-1B

NVIDIA introduces X-Token, a projection-guided cross-tokenizer knowledge distillation technique that improves upon the...

MarkTechPost
Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them 
Coding Co-pilot

Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them 

Developers are increasingly relying on AI tools to write code faster, but researchers warn that AI-generated code may...

TechCrunch AI