Audio8 TTS: Open 0.6B Voice Cloning, 11 Languages
Audio8 TTS Preview 0.6B is an open-weights, Apache 2.0 text-to-speech model that clones a voice from a few seconds of audio and speaks 11 languages.
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Gemini for Mac Adds Speak to Window Voice Input
Google added a system-wide voice input mode to the Gemini Mac app: long-press Fn to dictate, edit, and generate images by voice in any window.
Storeshot: Agent-Driven App Store Screenshots
Storeshot generates App Store and Google Play screenshots from a single config file, built so AI agents can drive it. Open source and MIT licensed.
Segue: Share Context Between AI Tools by Handle
Segue saves your working context in one AI assistant and reloads it in another using a short spoken-word handle, no copy-pasting required.
Perplexity Personal Computer Lands on Windows
Perplexity has brought its Personal Computer AI agent to Windows, reaching more than a billion devices with local file and Microsoft 365 automation.
Grok Build Mode: Prompt to App, Website, or Game
xAI has launched Grok Build Mode, an early beta that turns a single chat prompt into a working, publishable app, website, or game.
Rescript: Free Open-Source Descript Alternative
Rescript is a free, open-source alternative to Descript that lets you edit video and audio by editing the transcript text, running entirely in your browser with local Whisper transcription.
Hubo Adds Two-Agent Code Review to Claude Code
Hubo is an open-source plugin that adds a two-agent implement-and-review loop to AI coding tools like Claude Code and Codex, so every change is critiqued before it reaches you.
audio.cpp 0.4 Runs Higgs Audio v3 TTS Locally
audio.cpp 0.4 adds Higgs Audio v3 4B, Fish Audio S2 Pro, and Voxtral Realtime ASR to one C++/ggml engine, running flagship text-to-speech locally on CUDA with no Python.
Echo Pools Open-Weight Models at 1/3 Claude's Cost
Echo, a new public-alpha endpoint from Tracer, pools open-weight models like GLM-5.2 and Kimi behind one OpenAI-compatible API, promising Claude-class output at roughly a third of the cost.