French billionaire Xavier Niel creating new voice assistant Moshi with 70 emotions

From Time: 2024-07-05 09:15:23

French AI lab Kyutai unveils new voice assistant that can display 70 emotions and styles similar to OpenAI’s delayed product. CEO believes Moshi will revolutionize human-machine communication. Competition rises against ChatGPT with startups and tech giants. OpenAI’s delayed voice assistant pushed back due to safety concerns. Actress Scarlett Johansson battles with OpenAI over voice likeness. Kyutai to release open-source models behind Moshi, lab addresses concerns over AI-generated audio tracking. European AI development shows promise with Kyutai’s cutting-edge technology commended by investors. Kyutai ensures safety with indexing and watermarking tools, trained model with voice actress Alice.



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