AI news of 24 October 2026 · Robots Versus Humans

speech synthesis

Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Block releases voice model that runs on MacBook M4 Max with human-like output.

TechCrunch 8h ago 2 min read

speech AI

Block's new AI model Dessa was trained entirely on human speech to catch emotions text-based models miss

Block releases Dessa, speech model processing audio directly to recognize emotions and sarcasm.

The Decoder 10h ago

AI agents

Here are the top AI agents that can live in your text messages Opens at the publisher in a new tab

List of AI text message agents for assistants, travel, families and work.

TechCrunch 10h ago

OpenAI, AI safety

Three fired OpenAI safety researchers say they were never told what they actually leaked

Three fired OpenAI safety researchers deny leaking confidential information and contest termination.

The Decoder 8h ago

OpenAI, AI safety

OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks” Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI disconnects frontier AI models from live internet due to significant security risks and vulnerabilities.

TechCrunch 1d ago

AI coding agents

Fancy harnesses make coding agents more expensive but not better, study finds

Study shows coding agent harnesses produce similar results but triple costs, questioning efficiency gains from different frameworks.

The Decoder 14h ago

Generative AI

Canva’s first AI image model plans designs before generating them

Canva launches proprietary image generation model with improved customization and lower costs for users.

The Verge 2d ago also at TechCrunch, The Decoder

AI infrastructure tooling

NVIDIA Unveils Minerva to Bring End-to-End Observability for AI Factories

NVIDIA launches Minerva platform to monitor and optimise AI factory operations and infrastructure.

Nvidia Blog 2d ago

language models

Recursive shows first result of its AI-driven research process with Flint

Recursive unveils Flint, a 40-billion-parameter language model built by its AI research system in four months.

The Decoder 2d ago

Dessa, speech AI

Dessa: the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Dessa builds full-duplex speech model described as highly authentic for conversational AI applications.

Hacker News 1d ago

Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has.
So make it a good one.

Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Block's new AI model Dessa was trained entirely on human speech to catch emotions text-based models miss

Here are the top AI agents that can live in your text messages Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Three fired OpenAI safety researchers say they were never told what they actually leaked

OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks” Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Fancy harnesses make coding agents more expensive but not better, study finds

Canva’s first AI image model plans designs before generating them

NVIDIA Unveils Minerva to Bring End-to-End Observability for AI Factories

Recursive shows first result of its AI-driven research process with Flint

Dessa: the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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