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ElevenLabs' new speech-to-text model Scribe is here with highest accuracy rate so far (96.7% for English)
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 23:56
Scribe's pricing structure makes it competitive for businesses that require high-volume transcription services with API-based integration.
Nvidia revenues hit $35.1B, up 94% in FYQ3 -- with no sign of slowdown
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 23:31
Nvidia reported that its revenue for the third fiscal quarter ended October 27 was $35.1 billion, up 17% from the previous quarter and up 94% from a year ago.
Polycam's new iPhone update lets you 3D scan rooms in seconds, stitch them together, edit with a team, and automatically generate floorplan PDFs
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 20:59
Vision 25 introduces three key innovations--Space Mode, Scene Editor, and Spatial Report--along with several workflow improvements.
Chipotle returns to Roblox to debut animated short film ad and details $2M in donations
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 17:41
Chipotle returns to the "metaverse" of Roblox to debut animated short film ad and details $2M in donations.
Twitch partners with StreamElements to bring more sponsorships to creators
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 17:00
Twitch and StreamElements have teamed up to make sponsorships easier for streamers to find and obtain via a new dashboard tab.
HTC launches Viverse Worlds for sharing web-based 3D content
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 16:00
HTC has launched Viverse Worlds, a destination for sharing 3D content that is accessible from just a web link.
Akool combines GenAI models with 2D avatars to create lifelike characters
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 16:00
Akool, a startup doing AI-driven avatars, announced enhancements to Akool Streaming Avatars that connect avatars with AI models.
Qualcomm and Nokia Bell Labs show how multiple-vendor AI models can work together in wireless networks
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 16:00
Qualcomm and Nokia Bell Labs showed how multiple-vendor AI models can work together in an interoperable way in wireless networks.
PowerA teams up with Bandai Namco for licensed Pac-Man gear for 45th anniversary
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 16:00
PowerA has partnered with Bandai Namco Entertainment America to create gaming gear for the 45th anniversary of Pac-Man.
IBM Granite 3.2 uses conditional reasoning, time series forecasting and document vision to tackle challenging enterprise use cases
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 16:00
IBM is bringing the power of conditional reasoning to its open source Granite 3.2 LLM, in an effort to solve real enterprise AI challenges.
Dorian elevates UGC games with interactive video integration
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 16:00
Dorian, a game platform serving mostly female game creators and fans, has added interactive video integration with its UGC games.
John Gaeta's Escape.ai creates platform for emerging entertainment
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 15:30
Escape.ai debuted the beta of its Neo Cinema content distribution platform and creator marketplace to spur emerging forms of entertainment.
Hume launches new text-to-speech model Octave that generates custom AI voices with adjustable emotions
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 14:39
Hume emphasized its OCTAVE TTS pricing is around half the cost of competing AI voice creation startup ElevenLabs.
Framework unveils new repairable and upgradeable laptops and desktop
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 03:48
Framework launched new versions of its 12-inch and 13-inch laptops as well as a new desktop computer today -- all with repairable and upgradeable options.
OpenAI expands Deep Research access to Plus users, heating up AI agent wars with DeepSeek and Claude
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 01:53
OpenAI expands Deep Research AI agent to ChatGPT users, intensifying competition with DeepSeek and Anthropic.
OpenAI drops Deep Research access to Plus users, heating up AI agent wars with DeepSeek and Claude
Venture Beat - 26 Feb 2025 01:53
OpenAI expands its powerful Deep Research AI agent to ChatGPT Plus, Team, Education, and Enterprise users, intensifying competition with DeepSeek and Anthropic in the rapidly evolving AI research assistant market.