The best films of 2026 so far

The best films of 2026 so far include scrappy horror hits, ambitious first films, surreal daydreams, and at least one bicycle ...
UC Berkeley School of Information

Berkeley Data Science Alums Build Gaze-to-Speech Communication Tool

Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) alums Katya Aukamp, Beta Desai, Nichol Flowers, and Clara Rhoades are the ...

Achilles heel.

Michael Caine has announced he will narrate his own version of The Odyssey — launched via an AI company that has officially ...
Analytics India Magazine

[Exclusive] Gnani.ai to Launch 5 New AI Models, Including Speech-to-Text Model

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Deadline.com

Emily Blunt Was “A Bit Terrified” To Use AI In Making ‘Disclosure Day’ Alien Voice, Details Creating “Really Strange Sounds” Herself

As Steven Spielberg explores extraterrestrial life onscreen once again, the Disclosure Day director’s set was all about embracing the human element. Emily Blunt, who stars in the June 12 Universal ...
CNN

AI ‘voice cloning’ scams are on the rise. Here’s how to protect yourself

A California mom says she was scammed out of thousands of dollars this month after receiving a call that sounded like her daughter in distress. She now suspects it was an artificial ...
Electrek

Rivian rolls out ‘Hey Rivian’ AI assistant with full vehicle control

Rivian is rolling out its new AI-powered voice assistant to all Gen 1 and Gen 2 R1 owners as part of its latest over-the-air software update. The feature, activated by saying “Hey Rivian” or holding ...
Engadget

Rivian is rolling out its AI-powered voice assistant

Rivian is rolling out its AI-powered in-vehicle voice assistant with the automaker's latest software update. It will be available to all Rivian Gen 1 and Gen 2 owners paying for the company's Connect+ ...
Entrepreneur

Here’s How to Create a Custom AI Assistant That Works Exactly the Way You Do — No Coding Required

The problem isn’t your AI tool — it’s how you’re using it. You can build a custom AI assistant without writing a single line of code. Storing your templates and processes turns AI from a one-off tool ...
Motor Trend

“Rivian Assistant” Promises to be the Best Voice Control System in a Car Yet

Voice control has been around in cars forever, and digital assistants are hardly new. Rivian Assistant, though, is promising to be a new kind of both that not only talks to you conversationally but ...
Ars Technica

Google Home gets upgraded Gemini voice assistant and new camera controls

Google launched its big AI-fueled redesign of Google Home late last year, and it has been adding features here and there ever since. Today, the company announced a bigger update that might take care ...
InfoWorld

Why it’s so hard to create stand-alone Python apps

If Python developers have one consistent gripe about their beloved language, it tends to be this: Why is it so hard to take a Python program and deploy it as a standalone artifact, the way C, C++, ...