AI Briefing#voice-ai
The latest AI and developer news about #voice-ai, with the original source and a short summary.
The latest AI and developer news about #voice-ai, with the original source and a short summary.
The French recruitment platform achieved this volume using ElevenLabs for voice synthesis while keeping all data processing within the European Union.
ElevenLabs explains how ElevenAgents connects to CRM, help desk, and ITSM platforms to enable real-time data access and automated ticket resolution.
The trial, launched in autumn 2025 with Takeda Health Foundation, uses the CONN assistant to provide local information and companionship to elderly residents during heavy snow.
The update adds new voices in French, German, Hindi, Mexican Spanish, Korean, and Japanese, rolling out to all users today.
Grok Voice 3.0 achieves a score of 86.9 on the Artificial Analysis Speech-to-Speech Index, ranking #1 among tested models.
The model is currently in preview and offers an 80% discount for 30 days through November 12.
ElevenLabs has released synthetic voice detection in ElevenAgents to help businesses distinguish human callers from AI agents, while joining the Personal Agent Protocol working group led by Meta and Sierra.
The MIT-licensed tool bundles Parakeet STT, Kokoro TTS, and SearXNG to simplify local AI access for non-technical users.
The new inference engine achieves 56 concurrent sessions on a single NVIDIA H100 SXM 80 GB by eliminating CPU-GPU overhead and batching continuous inference workloads.
The deployment enables around-the-clock appointment scheduling directly within Banner's electronic medical record system.
ElevenLabs has officially launched operations in the Netherlands with a new Amsterdam office, planning to triple its local team size this year to support existing customers and new deployments.
The $300 million tender offer doubles ElevenLabs' valuation from its February Series D round.
ElevenLabs has officially launched in Belgium by opening a Brussels office, appointing Falke Van Onacker as lead, and planning to triple its local team to support enterprises in healthcare, media, and government.
The hybrid approach uses three tiny MLPs on a frozen Gemma 4 backbone to decide whether to speak, defer, or wait, achieving up to 99.0% start-turn accuracy on local benchmarks.
Eleven v4 Turbo delivers ~100 ms median inference latency and supports over 90 languages within the ElevenAgents platform.
ElevenAgents uses dynamic variables and webhooks for cross-call memory, supports RAG for documents up to 250,000 characters, and offers HIPAA-compliant zero-retention modes.
The plan offers university students in the US, Canada, EU27, Australia, and UK free access to ElevenCreative, ElevenAgents, ElevenAPI, and ElevenReader Ultra.
ElevenLabs defined quality, experience, and operational metrics for conversational AI and presented evaluation methods through A/B testing and simulation.
Cadence implemented ElevenAgents-based voice AI to cut median contact time for high-risk patients by 97% and improve response rates by 47%.
ElevenAgents has launched 'Reception', an AI receptionist designed for small businesses.
Google has launched Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking, supporting background reasoning during conversations and language switching across 97 languages.
Google has released Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.5 Transcribe, supporting real-time voice conversations and high-precision transcription.
A McKinsey survey reports corporate AI adoption at approximately 90%, revealing successful conversational AI use cases and performance metrics across 10 industries.
Sierra has unveiled a multimodal AI agent that automatically switches between voice, text, and visual elements based on conversational context.