Alibaba’s Voice AI Runs at 5Hz and Still Beats 25Hz Models

Alibaba’s Voice AI Runs at 5Hz and Still Beats 25Hz Models

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Author(s): Gowtham Boyina Originally published on Towards AI. The Voice AI Compute Problem Most large audio language models process speech at 12.5Hz or 25Hz frame rates — 12.5 to 25 audio features per second. Higher frame rates capture more detail but require more compute. For real-time voice interactions, this creates a problem: you need fast responses (low latency), but processing high-frame-rate audio on GPUs is expensive. Traditional models: Process all audio at a single resolution (e.g., 25Hz throughout)In […]

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Rare Earths Are Rare in the US Only Because We Choose To Export Environmental Challenges

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As has been said by many commentators, rare earths are not particularly rare.  Via source, here is an estimate of their abundance in the Earth’s surface: Note by the way the Y-axis is logarithmic so small changes in vertical position can mean a factor of 10 or more difference in concentration.  But the rare earths are not unreasonably far off fairly common industrial metals like lead, nickel, copper, and molybdenum and well more common than gold, silver, and […]

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Italy Orders Meta to Suspend WhatsApp Policy Blocking Third-party AI Chatbots

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Key Highlights: Europe is one of the markets across the globe where tech giants find themselves under heavy scrutiny from the European Commission. Meta, this time, has found itself in a spot of bother after introducing a WhatsApp policy that blocks third-party AI providers.  Italy’s antitrust regulator asks Meta to suspend its WhatsApp policy that blocks third-party AI providers Earlier this month, the European Commission launched a separate investigation into this matter. At the time, the regulator announced […]

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EFF Stands With Tunisian Media Collective Nawaat

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When the independent Tunisian online media collective Nawaat announced that the government had suspended its activities for one month, the news landed like a punch in the gut for anyone who remembers what the Arab uprisings promised: dignity, democracy, and a free press. But Tunisia’s October 31 suspension of Nawaat—delivered quietly, without formal notice, and justified under Decree-Law 2011-88—is not just a bureaucratic decision. It’s a warning shot aimed at the very idea of independent civic life. The […]

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