Google and Zindi's WAXAL challenge on Lingala and Shona speech recognition drew 1,462 entrants from 100 countries, with winners from Burkina Faso and Niger.

Open speech recognition stopped being a Whisper monoculture some time in the last twelve months. In March 2026 Cohere released Transcribe, a 2B Apache 2.0 model that ...

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A new study suggests that learning and remembering speech relies more on how the brain processes sounds and sensations than on the areas that control mouth and face movements. The discovery could ...

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones. Code ...

As expected, Sony Music Publishing has announced an agreement to acquire the complete music rights portfolio of Recognition Music Group from funds managed by Blackstone, subject to customary closing ...

Update (April 7, 10:30 p.m. PT): The company has updated the app store listing and removed references to the Android app. But it also added that the iOS keyboard is coming soon. The app is free to ...

From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers. The First Amendment is a ...

According to a mid-2025 Gallup report, employee engagement is declining. With only 32% of employees saying they're actively engaged, there's a clear, critical need for better people and leadership ...

Autumn Gardiner thought updating her driving license would be straightforward. After getting married last year, she headed to the local Department of Motor Vehicles office in Connecticut to get her ...

When Elon Musk took control of Twitter in 2022, he famously declared himself a “free speech absolutist.” He reinstated accounts that had been banned for spreading misinformation, violent rhetoric and ...