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Are AI voices easier to understand than humans?

Are AI voices easier to understand than humans?

By Stephen Beech AI voice clones are easier to understand than humans, according to a new study. Voice clones can recreate a person's speech using just a few seconds of recorded speech. Researchers found the AI copy is more intelligible in noisy environments, but they are unsure why.

Apple's Tim Cook to step down as CEO after 15-year run

Apple's Tim Cook to step down as CEO after 15-year run

Apple's Tim Cook will step down as the California tech giant's chief executive this year, handing the top job to a company veteran as it navigates a technology landscape being upended by AI. The 65-year-old Cook, who ran Apple for 15 years after taking

Chinese AI circuit board maker soars on Hong Kong debut

Chinese AI circuit board maker soars on Hong Kong debut

Shares in a Chinese tech firm that supplies US chip titan Nvidia soared almost 60 percent on its Hong Kong debut Tuesday, having raised more than US$2 billion in the city's largest listing this year. Victory Giant Technology Huizhou has said it will use most of the

Tim Cook's time as Apple chief marked by profit absent awe

Tim Cook's time as Apple chief marked by profit absent awe

An Alabama-born engineer seen as a supply-chain savant, Tim Cook took on the daunting challenge of succeeding Apple's iconic boss Steve Jobs 15 years ago. While Cook is not known for the culture-changing "one more thing" gadget reveals that Jobs fans came to

Amazon invests another $5 bn in Anthropic

Amazon invests another $5 bn in Anthropic

Amazon on Monday said it pumped another $5 billion into Anthropic as it ramps up its collaboration with the startup behind Claude artificial intelligence. The e-commerce and cloud computing colossus noted that the investment builds on $8 billion it had already invested in Anthropic, according to the companies. Amazon

Hundreds of buses abandoned at eerie ‘bus graveyard’

Hundreds of buses abandoned at eerie ‘bus graveyard’

By Charlie Fenton These stunning aerial images have captured "Britain's biggest bus graveyard" - filled with hundreds of single and double-deckers. Just behind a dense forest in Carlton, Barnsley, South Yorks., sit hundreds of disused and abandoned buses, many of which have been reclaimed by nature.

Anthropic says will put AI risks 'on the table' with Mythos model

Anthropic says will put AI risks 'on the table' with Mythos model

American AI developer Anthropic plans to "lay the risks out on the table" even as it restricts deployment of a new model dubbed Mythos, whose powerful cybersecurity capabilities raise stark questions for companies and governments. "We have a model that's beginning to outstrip human capabilities