Voice

Mazda's Electric SUV Lets You Shout Profanities Through Its Front Speaker

The Mazda CX-6e uses a front speaker to warn people ahead of the car, but it can also project custom text and live voice messages.

Manslaughter sentence tossed after AI video of victim shown in court

In what's believed to be a first in U.S. courts, Pelkey's family used AI to create a video of his likeness to give him a voice.

Do Democrats Hate Women? New Campaign Takes Aim At Leftist Hypocrisy

Democrats have long claimed to be champions of women's rights. But a provocative new campaign is challenging this narrative. Independent Women's Voice's new se…

White House defends new press aide who posed with rifle in 'Fuck Joe Biden' shirt

Beni Rae Harmony, 24, has been 'a trusted voice for the MAGA movement as a White House correspondent', White House says. The White House has defended a newly h…

BT accused of 'bullying' customers by pausing broadband in digital landline push

Companies race to switch households to 'voice over internet protocol' services by the end of JanuaryBT has been accused of "bullying" customers by temporarily…

Trump administration is paying $1.6 million a week to keep Voice of America staff on leave

Hundreds of VOA staffers have been on paid leave since the agency sidelined them in March 2025.

AI tool that copied actor's 'lustrous' voice violated his rights, Tokyo court rules

Kenjiro Tsuda wins case against TikTok account in landmark Japanese verdict to protect publicity rightsA court in Japan has ruled that the human voice has lega…

After losing his voice to cancer, this founder is building 'glasses for voice'

Uhura Bionics, part of the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, wants to replace flat, robotics voice devices with one that carries emotions.

ElevenLabs' new v4 speech model supports more expression control and 90 languages

ElevenLabs v4 can clone voices with a 10 second clip

After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action

After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother's voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup building AI models smal…

20 minutes with the CEO of ElevenLabs, now reportedly valued at $22B

ElevenLabs powers the AI voice on the other end of a lot of customer service calls, and its CEO told me this week that businesses should probably tell you that…

These discreet hearing aid glasses now have better voice boosting and battery life

These discreet hearing aid glasses now have better voice boosting and battery life

Democrats' Gaza reckoning: how failing to give Palestinians a voice came back to bite the party

Voters rejected many establishment choices this year in favor of candidates pushing accountability for Gaza, writes Akbar Shahid AhmedThe last time she gathere…

After losing their Voice of America jobs, journalists pitch their second acts

American University set up a program to help VOA staffers. Now they're set on becoming entrepreneurs.

Iceland-based Treble raises $18 million for its voice simulation platform

Treble's voice simulation platform is used by voice AI model developers, AI wearable, and robotics companies

Voicemod's new pocket-friendly device brings real-time voice changing to your phone

Voicemod's new pocket-friendly device brings real-time voice changing to your phone

I Was Robbed Of My Innocence, Not Of My Voice. Congress Should Pass Kayleigh's Law.

I was 12 years old when I was robbed of my innocence. In 2003, my PE teacher at school began to sexually abuse me. He continued to do so for two years. Childre…

The murky AI milestone that has some of the industry's leading voices increasingly on edge

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and others are warning that AI models may be able to build on themselves, without the help of humans. It's a concept known as recurs…

Obama voices caution on AI, urges Democrats to tackle it, NYT says

9/11: The Coast Guard Lieutenant Who Launched The Largest Boatlift In History

"All available boats. This is the United States Coast Guard." The voice of U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Michael Day cut through the static and the chaos as New Yorkers…

Tom Jones Drops Bombshell Claim About Being Fired From 'The Voice' UK

'They are offering a much-reduced role'

NTSB chair calls Amazon cargo plane crash scene 'devastating' and says flight and voice recorders have been recovered

NTSB chair calls Amazon cargo plane crash scene 'devastating' and says flight and voice recorders have been recovered

Whispering Complaints Into Your Phone May Be the Future of Customer Feedback

Forget email surveys or long calls spent on hold. Voicebox lets people send customer feedback by recording a voice note on their phone.

Why big voices in tech are so hyped about a central Asian country you probably haven't heard of

Why big voices in tech are so hyped about a central Asian country you probably haven't heard of

Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep

Users can search for emails or draft documents using the new conversational feature.

TikTok comments are getting more interactive with voice comments, polls, and more

With the additions, the app is borrowing features from messaging apps as it looks to deepen engagement on its platform.

Meta prices Muse Voice Transcribe at $0.18 an hour, with real-time diarization for 20+ speakers: a steal for enterprises?

Meta is entering the increasingly competitive real-time speech-to-text market with Muse Voice Transcribe, a new audio perception model that combines streaming…

Putin and Iran 'need each other desperately,' expert says, as Russia voices support for regime

Vladimir Putin declared full solidarity with Iran as an expert said both nations "need each other desperately" during the escalating U.S.-Iran conflict.

Tesla's Grok Now Does 116 Voice Commands, But Many Owners Are Locked Out

Grok in the 2026 Summer Update now handles most everyday Tesla tasks by voice, though older Intel Atom cars miss out entirely.

Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a 'Harvey for police officers'

The seed round for the app that provides real-time legal and policy guidance to officers was led by SignalFire and Las Olas VC.