Character.AI’s Interactive Voice Feature

Talk to Whoever You Want With Character.AI

Character.AI, backed by Andreessen Horowitz (or better known as a16z), has launched a new feature allowing users to converse with AI avatars over phone calls.

Key takeaways:

The new calling feature supports several languages, making it accessible to a global audience and enhancing user engagement across different linguistic contexts.

The ability to seamlessly switch between calling and texting, along with the “Tap to interrupt” option, ensures a smooth and user-friendly experience.

Character.AI’s earlier introduction of Character Voices allowed users to hear AI characters speak, and now, with voice calling, it broadens practical applications such as language learning, mock interviews, and immersive role-playing games.

Discover more about Character.AI’s innovative voice calling feature and its applications here!

AI Wisdom Weekly

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Toys“R”Us is next to take stage using OpenAI's Sora to make spectacular creatives.

The company recently put out the "first brand film to be created by Sora," reimagining Toys“R”Us founder Charles Lazarus and mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe in the early 1930s.

With new text-to-video capabilities being released, this will only become more common as we move along through the evolution of AI.

Content We've Been Consuming

Every week, we dive deep into the world of AI and technology, exploring a variety of content that helps our team stay updated and inspired.

Here’s a peek at some of the content that’s been on our radar!

TED Talk
The Last 6 Decades of AI — and What Comes Next | Ray Kurzweil | TED - How will AI improve our lives in the years to come? From its inception six decades ago to its recent exponential growth, futurist Ray Kurzweil highlights AI’s transformative impact on various fields and explains his prediction for the singularity: the point at which human intelligence merges with machine intelligence.

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Sam Altman Hints at Promising Future for AI and Physics - Sam Altman says the day is approaching when we can ask an AI model to solve all of physics successfully.

AI Startups
Starter Story - They Make $1.4M/Year With AI - Check out this interview conducted by Starter Story's Pat Walls with the team behind Castmagic, which scaled their MRR to $120,000 in just 9 months.

Quick Bites

Stay updated with last week's highlights, dive in for the full flavor of our coverage!

AI Scores Big: NBC Uses Al Michaels’ Voice For Olympics Coverage - NBC is set to use an AI-generated version of Al Michaels’ voice for the upcoming Summer Olympics coverage in Paris. This will allow viewers to experience personalized Olympic recaps narrated by the legendary sports announcer, who has covered nearly a dozen Super Bowls.

Amazon Throws Hat Into The AI Chatbot Ring With "Metis" - Amazon is developing an AI assistant named "Metis" to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT. The project aims to offer conversational, tech- and image-based answers, sharing links to its sources. Set to launch in September, Metis will face established competitors like Google's AI agents, Microsoft's Copilot, and Apple Intelligence.

Big Record Labels Are Suing AI Music Generation Platforms - The world's largest record labels, including Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Records, have filed lawsuits against AI startups Suno and Udio for alleged copyright violations. The lawsuits claim that the startups' AI models have infringed on music copyrights by creating songs that closely mimic existing copyrighted works without authorization.

OpenAI Acquires Rockset To Fast-Track Their Analytics - OpenAI has acquired Rockset, a NY-based startup known for its real-time search and data analytics tools. The integration aims to enhance OpenAI’s infrastructure, allowing better data leverage and real-time information access for its enterprise AI products.

Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet Redefines AI, Leaps GPT-4o - Anthropic has unveiled Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the first release of their new family of AI models which apparently surpasses OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google's Gemini in key benchmarks.

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