Topic
Voice & AI audio
Text-to-speech, voice cloning and speech AI — the models giving software a natural human voice.
OpenAI5d ago
AI voice got great. Now the fight is the business model.
Quality is basically solved. Whether you rent the voice or own it — that's the real divide in 2026.
3 min read · 15 June 2026
Sesame22d ago
Sesame's voice AI sounds great. Will anyone keep using it?
Naturalness was the easy problem. Habit is the one that kills voice apps.
4 min read · 28 May 2026
OpenAI1mo ago
OpenAI's new voice stack is an agent play, not a party trick
The interesting model isn't the one that talks — it's the one that thinks.
4 min read · 7 May 2026
Mistral AI2mo ago
Mistral's free TTS: the scary part isn't the benchmark
Open weights versus a rented-voice empire. The benchmark is the distraction; the business model is the threat.
3 min read · 26 March 2026