PocketTTS-RAVEN: In-Browser TTS With Voice Cloning
PocketTTS-RAVEN runs text-to-speech and voice cloning entirely in a browser tab, with no server, GPU, or account, at faster-than-realtime speed.
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OpenAI gpt-realtime-2.1: Faster Voice AI API
OpenAI released gpt-realtime-2.1 and gpt-realtime-2.1-mini on July 6, two Realtime API voice models that cut p95 latency at least 25% and add a lower-cost tier for speech-to-speech agents.
Ternlight: 7MB Embedding Model Runs in the Browser
Ternlight packs semantic search into a 5 to 7 MB WebAssembly bundle that runs on the CPU with no API, and it hit the Hacker News front page within a day of launch.
Claude Code Ports C&C Generals to Mac and iPhone
An AI coding agent, Claude Code running Anthropic's Fable model, engineered a native port of Command and Conquer Generals: Zero Hour to Apple Silicon, iPhone, and iPad.
pxpipe Cuts Claude Token Bills 70% by Imaging Context
pxpipe is a free, open-source proxy that cuts Claude Code token bills by 59 to 70 percent by rendering bulky context as images the model reads back with OCR. Version 0.7.1 shipped July 3.
Manufact Launches MCP Cloud for Claude, ChatGPT Apps
Manufact, the startup behind the open-source mcp-use framework, has launched Manufact Cloud, a hosting platform that takes an MCP project from a GitHub push to a live endpoint Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot can call.
Condense Proxy Cuts Claude Code Token Bills up to 70%
Condense, a new context-compression proxy for AI coding agents, launched July 3 2026 with a claim aimed at heavy Claude Code users: up to 70% lower token bills with almost no quality loss.
Runway Agent Skills: Ad Campaigns From One Command
Runway shipped Agent Skills on July 2, one-command actions inside its marketing agent that build an ad campaign, create a commercial, or localize your ads from a single prompt, live across all plans.