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Chain-Talker: Teaching AI to Speak with Empathy

Chain-Talker: Teaching AI to Speak with Empathy

When AI systems engage in conversation, getting the words right is only half the battle. The real challenge is emotional appropriateness: responding to "I just lost my job" with genuine sympathy rather than robotic cheerfulness, or matching enthusiasm when someone shares good news. Current conversational speech synthesis (CSS)

DiTTo-TTS: The TTS System That Doesn't Need Your Phonemes (And Why That's a Big Deal)

DiTTo-TTS: The TTS System That Doesn't Need Your Phonemes (And Why That's a Big Deal)

Text-to-speech has always been that one AI domain where you couldn't just throw data at the problem and call it a day. “Data is the moat” is straight up not a thing here. Want to build a TTS system? Better get comfortable with phonemizers, forced aligners, duration predictors,

Are Small Language Models the Future of Agentic AI?

Are Small Language Models the Future of Agentic AI?

Recent research from NVIDIA presents a compelling argument that small language models (SLMs) represent the future of agentic artificial intelligence systems. The paper challenges the current industry paradigm of deploying large language models for all agent tasks, proposing instead that smaller, specialized models offer superior operational characteristics for most agentic

What GenSE Gets Right For LLM-Assisted Speech Enhancement 🎙️

What GenSE Gets Right For LLM-Assisted Speech Enhancement 🎙️

Speech enhancement, the art of cleaning up noisy, muffled, or degraded audio, has traditionally been the domain of signal processing algorithms and convolutional networks. But what if we treated speech cleaning like a language problem instead? That's exactly what researchers from Northwestern Polytechnical University and Nanyang Technological University

Best LLMs for Legal AI Agents: A Deep Dive into LegalBench Performance

Best LLMs for Legal AI Agents: A Deep Dive into LegalBench Performance

From contract analysis to legal research, from compliance monitoring to case preparation, artificial intelligence is transforming how legal professionals work. However, the stakes in legal practice are uniquely high. A single error can result in malpractice claims, regulatory violations, or adverse case outcomes. This reality makes choosing the right AI

PaperBench: Can AI Agents Actually Replicate AI Research?

PaperBench: Can AI Agents Actually Replicate AI Research?

Model's Replication Scores Average Replication Scores on PaperBench

OS-HARM: The AI Safety Benchmark That Puts LLM Agents Through Hell

OS-HARM: The AI Safety Benchmark That Puts LLM Agents Through Hell

Language models have come a long way. From playing autocomplete in your email to writing decent Python scripts, they’ve now levelled up into agents: full-blown task-doers who can click, scroll, type, and wreak havoc across your desktop. These “computer use agents” are smart enough to open your emails, edit