Microsoft Unveils VibeVoice for Longer Conversational AI Audio
Microsoft has released VibeVoice, a new open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model that lets users create podcasts and other audio — a counter to Google’s popular NotebookLM.
But th...
Choosing ‘Daddy’ Over Democracy
One of the things upon which I spend a lot of time pondering: watching right-leaning, but otherwise intelligent people in my life look at Donald Trump’s systematic destruction of constitutional gove...
FDIC Says Problem Banks Shrink as Card Risks Grow
Data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) latest report on the state of the banking industry is signaling both optimism and caution. While the number of “problem banks” on its...
LayerX Raises $101M to Provide Back-Office Automation in Japan
Japanese startup LayerX reportedly raised 15 billion yen (about $101 million) in a Series B funding round for its artificial intelligence software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that provides back-offic...
3 US Crypto Stocks to Watch This Week
The final week of August ended on a lackluster note for the crypto market, with trading activity slowing and global mark...
