Tag: speech recognition
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The Register: Boffins devise voice-altering tech to jam ‘vishing’ schemes
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/19/voice_altering_vishing_jammer/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins devise voice-altering tech to jam ‘vishing’ schemes Feedly Summary: To stop AI scam callers, break automatic speech recognition systems Researchers based in Israel and India have developed a defense against automated call scams.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new defense mechanism developed…
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AWS News Blog: Introducing Amazon Nova Sonic: Human-like voice conversations for generative AI applications
Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-nova-sonic-human-like-voice-conversations-for-generative-ai-applications/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Introducing Amazon Nova Sonic: Human-like voice conversations for generative AI applications Feedly Summary: Amazon Nova Sonic is a new foundation model on Amazon Bedrock that streamlines speech-enabled applications by offering unified speech recognition and generation capabilities, enabling natural conversations with contextual understanding while eliminating the need for…
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Hacker News: Noise cancellation improves turn-taking for AI Voice Agents
Source URL: https://krisp.ai/blog/improving-turn-taking-of-ai-voice-agents-with-background-voice-cancellation/ Source: Hacker News Title: Noise cancellation improves turn-taking for AI Voice Agents Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the advancements in AI voice agents, particularly focusing on the integration of Krisp’s background voice and noise cancellation technologies. This introduces significant improvements in turn-taking accuracy and speech…
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AWS News Blog: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2 F2 instances, Amazon Bedrock Guardrails price reduction, Amazon SES update, and more (December 16, 2024)
Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-amazon-ec2-f2-instances-amazon-bedrock-guardrails-price-reduction-amazon-ses-update-and-more-december-16-2024/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2 F2 instances, Amazon Bedrock Guardrails price reduction, Amazon SES update, and more (December 16, 2024) Feedly Summary: The week after AWS re:Invent builds on the excitement and energy of the event and is a good time to learn more and understand how…
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Hacker News: Open source audio transcription model that obscures sensitive info in realtime
Source URL: https://venturebeat.com/ai/aiola-unveils-open-source-ai-audio-transcription-model-that-obscures-sensitive-info-in-realtime/ Source: Hacker News Title: Open source audio transcription model that obscures sensitive info in realtime Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a new open-source AI model, Whisper-NER from Israeli startup aiOla, designed for audio transcription while enhancing privacy through named entity recognition (NER). This model integrates…
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Hacker News: WhisperNER: Unified Open Named Entity and Speech Recognition
Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.08107 Source: Hacker News Title: WhisperNER: Unified Open Named Entity and Speech Recognition Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text introduces WhisperNER, a novel model that integrates named entity recognition (NER) with automatic speech recognition (ASR) to enhance transcription accuracy and informativeness. This integration is particularly relevant for AI…
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Hacker News: Between the Booms: AI in Winter – Communications of the ACM
Source URL: https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/between-the-booms-ai-in-winter/ Source: Hacker News Title: Between the Booms: AI in Winter – Communications of the ACM Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text critiques the popular perception of artificial intelligence (AI) and traces its historical evolution, emphasizing the shift from symbolic AI to statistical methods and neural networks. It…