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This text to speech model supports Māori! 🧐

[Wildminder @wildmindai]

These voices sound pretty impressive.
- Zero-shot voice cloning
- 20+ emotions, styles
- Granular prosody adjustments
- 24 kHz sample rate, 8k token context length
- SOTA performance
https://t.co/PAUeHSmzrU

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@kepano Ok, fair enough. Being able to give it html snippets is very useful

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@mikefutia ADS

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@Mho_23 Voice

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😎😎😎

[CJ Zafir @cjzafir]

Claude Code is not just for coding.

> uploaded my docs
> asked claude to fillout NZ visa appl.
> notified "done" in 2 hours
> i just submitted
> 2 weeks gone
> today got this email

wild times.

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@BarryYoungNZ @HopeRising19 Some more info in the court document. Sounds most likely to be a credential stuffing attack. By Kazu Group who have also targeted other health platforms.

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The New Zealand Junior Surfing Team have finished tenth at the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship completed in Peru this week.

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@pennymarienz @GovRonDeSantis Judgement update https://t.co/ZqxsL0Gd1x

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@TanyaUnkovich Happy Thanksgiving!

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And environmentally sustainable with zero-emissions⚡️

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@TanyaUnkovich To put that into perspective, 1-acre is about half a football field.

And 570 MW is more than enough to supply Wellington!

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⚡️Essence Global Consummates Definitive Agreement for 9 Essence Power Systems with Daily Generation Capacity of 216 MWh

- The 9 Essence Power Systems [“EPS”] configured in 9-20 ft containers will deliver 9MW of continuous electricity or 216 MWh daily on an energy-as-a-service basis
- Self-contained, requires no fuel inputs or any rare earth materials
- Environmentally sustainable with zero-emissions
- The 9 EPS will be operational in 2026 and provide power for micro-data centers and other commercial uses

https://t.co/9L2HsDibmH

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Ever wonder why looking at mountains makes you shop differently?

Scientists discovered a fascinating link between awe-inspiring nature and our buying habits. Consumers become more likely to invest in fewer, higher-quality items rather than many cheaper alternatives. New research shows this isn't just about positive emotions - it's about how awe expands our sense of time and connects us to something larger than ourselves.

It's not just about buying less; it's a shift in mindset, and the emotion of awe could be the key to unlocking more sustainable consumer behaviour.

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@AliaVFF @nzfirst

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@MurfittTauranga Guess who

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https://t.co/bkjy5B3idZ

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Everyone's quietly building their escape route from corporate life.

While you're stuck in meetings about meetings, others are building real businesses from their office desks.

Don't be the last one pretending your job title means something.

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Police love to brag about seizing "drugs, guns, and CASH" in their raids.

Since when did having cash become suspicious? Last I checked, paper money was still legal tender.

Makes you wonder who really decides what "suspicious" means. 🤔