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What is OLMoASR and How Does It Compare to OpenAI’s Whisper in Speech Recognition?
The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) has released OLMoASR, a suite of open automatic speech recognition (ASR) models that rival closed-source systems such as OpenAI’s Whisper. Beyond just releasing model weights, AI2 has published training data identifiers, filtering steps, training recipes, and benchmark scripts—an unusually transparent move in the ASR space. This makes OLMoASR one…
Prediction Pulse: Kalshi and Polymarket face competition from Prophet Arena, plus Jerome Powell’s speech
Prediction markets had themselves another lively week. Kalshi rolled out shiny new NFL contracts even as lawyers kept filing lawsuits faster than you can say “parlay.” This time it was a second tribal challenge, aimed at keeping Kalshi off tribal lands. But the real twist came from the NCAA, which finally peeked its head above…
Why a new anti-revenge porn law has free speech experts alarmed | TechCrunch
Privacy and digital rights advocates are raising alarms over a law that many would expect them to cheer: a federal crackdown on revenge porn and AI-generated deepfakes. The newly signed Take It Down Act makes it illegal to publish nonconsensual explicit images — real or AI-generated — and gives platforms just 48 hours to comply…
Rime Introduces Arcana and Rimecaster (Open Source): Practical Voice AI Tools Built on Real-World Speech
The field of Voice AI is evolving toward more representative and adaptable systems. While many existing models have been trained on carefully curated, studio-recorded audio, Rime is pursuing a different direction: building foundational voice models that reflect how people actually speak. Its two latest releases, Arcana and Rimecaster, are designed to offer practical tools for…
OpenAI’s new voice AI model gpt-4o-transcribe lets you add speech to your existing text apps in seconds
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More OpenAI’s voice AI models have gotten it into trouble before with actor Scarlett Johansson, but that isn’t stopping the company from continuing to advance its offerings in this category. Today, the ChatGPT maker has unveiled three,…
The Trump administration is coming for student protesters
The Trump administration is embarking on a massive university speech crackdown, starting with Columbia University, where it’s demanding external control of entire departments and punishment for student activists. Its first test case, Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student with a green card, offers a hint of what’s to come: a state of intentional chaos that undermines…