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[Hume AI @hume_ai]

Today Hume is introducing Real World VoiceEQ: a benchmark for measuring the human quality of voice AI across 40+ proprietary and open-source models, 15+ dimensions, and 60+ metrics—developed from more than 1 million individual human ratings.

[Hume AI @hume_ai]

Today we're releasing our first open source TTS model, TADA!

TADA (Text Audio Dual Alignment) is a speech-language model that generates text and audio in one synchronized stream to reduce token-level hallucinations and improve latency.

This means:
→ Zero content hallucinations across 1,000+ test samples

→ 5x faster than similar-grade LLM-based TTS

→ Fits much longer audio: 2,048 tokens cover ~700 seconds with TADA vs. ~70 seconds in conventional systems

→ Free transcript alongside audio with no added latency

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

@ThePrestonJones @Jason_williams read the very first line of the screenshot 😅

[Hume AI @hume_ai]

Today, we're announcing significant new traction in our voice AI research and development partnerships.

Over the past few months, we’ve quietly been expanding our focus on providing frontier voice AI training data to research labs looking to imbue emotion understanding and cutting edge expressivity into their foundation models.

We believe some of the most exciting possibilities for deeper speech and emotion understanding will come to fruition this year. By training today’s frontier models to understand the nuances voice interaction—rife with subtle tones of frustration or satisfaction, “aha” moments, chuckles, sighs, backchannels, and interruptions—we believe that labs will unlock new possibilities for voice AI to become a primary interface within many applications.

In our experience working with leading research labs and AI-first enterprises, a consistent pattern we’ve seen is a greater need for high-quality datasets and evaluation pipelines than for new algorithms or architectures. Researchers spend up to 80% of their time curating the data they need to diagnose model issues, fix failure modes, and improve model behavior.

That’s why Hume is now focused on building the data and evaluation infrastructure needed to train next-generation voice models across industry.  With the right training, we hope that deeper voice understanding and empathy can be translated not just into more efficient interfaces but into better alignment of AI with human well-being.

Read more below https://t.co/LQhVJ89xJc

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

@daithaigilbert Wired profile says "David Gilbert is a reporter at WIRED covering disinformation [...]". So, maybe you're willing to publish an update to this article? The "1875" COBOL thing is total disinformation, and your source is a random Tweet. It's not true. Please do better.

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

@MrSolo4Dolo @AMAZlNGNATURE I'm not really sure what you're proving with this video? One person doing something doesn't mean it's the smart thing to do. Take your information from actual experts, not the AI summary you got when you googled a stupid question https://t.co/zJjrjDUdRA

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

@AC_John123 @MrSolo4Dolo @AMAZlNGNATURE ....what?

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

@steelguttey @Hazardousminec1 @BioBirb You're conflating two different mechanics. CC is not the same thing as floorhugging...

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

@Feyrir @BioBirb What is the misinformation here?

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

@kell_mathews @AMAZlNGNATURE Lot of people who clearly have absolutely no experience with this kind of wildlife or situation spouting a lot of romantic nonsense from the comfort of their living rooms. The woman is right -- she doesn't know what to do. There is no safe option for her or the seal, here.

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

@MrSolo4Dolo @AMAZlNGNATURE Are you seriously using AI summaries to justify your completely wrong take on this situation? Dear God... She ABSOLUTELY cannot turn on the engine in this situation. It will endanger her, the seal, and the orca. The woman is completely right here -- she has no good option.

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

@mhanna88 @Malcolm_fleX48 There's footage of him reporting as eligible to the refs literally all over twitter lol

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

@_samox_ enjoy

[LevCustoms @LevCustoms]

In celebration of 5k sales on Etsy, I will be giving away 5 blackout controllers.

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To enter: follow @LevCustoms and like + retweet this post. Enjoy and many thanks!

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

Pls give me prize @RobustaDev

[Gooms @ssbmGooms]

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Like, retweet, and follow to enter!
Winner announced in 2 weeks!

[Kevin Clark @bykevinclark]

This is legitimately one of the funniest football photos I have ever seen. This should be in Canton or the MoMA or both. (h/t @erikschlitt)

[The Button Bender @thebuttonbender]

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To Enter:
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@thebuttonbender

Winner chosen on 10/31 @ 7pm EST!

Good luck and TY!🧡

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

Thank you, Mr. Sushi Delivery Guy, for your optimism and delivering me two sets of chopsticks

but no,

no, this is all for me.

[Nicklebee @the_cynick]

'Member issues? 'Member policy? Yeah, I 'member! 'Member journalism? Ohh, I 'member... @SouthPark @LesterHoltNBC