ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music-generation app
ElevenMusic lets users create and remix songs using text prompts. The new app suggests ElevenLabs wants to be more than just a voice model company.
Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app
Google is adding a way to customize and instruct avatars for video creation in the Vids app.
Nothing’s AI devices plan reportedly contains smart glasses and earbuds
The glasses will reportedly feature cameras, microphones and speakers, and will connect to a smartphone and the cloud to process AI queries.
Caller ID app Truecaller hits 500 million monthly users
Truecaller now has more than 4 million paying users across the world.
Speechify’s Windows app uses local models for transcription and dictation
Speechify just launched a native Windows app that employs locally stored models to enable dictation and transcription across apps.
Google is now letting users in the US change their Gmail address
Users will be able to change their username only once every 12 months. Plus, they won’t be able to delete their new email address for that period of time.
Airbnb is introducing a private car pick-up service
Airbnb is partnering with transportation company Welcome Pickups to let users book a private car service during their trip.
Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris
Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026.
The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great
The Google Pixel 10a can lay flat on a table, but otherwise the company hasn’t brought a ton of upgrades to its newest budget smartphone.
Cohere launches an open-source voice model specifically for transcription
Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It currently supports 14 languages.