ElevenLabs CEO: AI audio models will be ‘commoditized’ over time + more this week!

Nov 03, 2025

ElevenLabs CEO: AI audio models will be ‘commoditized’ over time (TechCrunch)
How Microsoft’s AI strategy is transforming customer experience (CX Today)
Krisp shipped Turn-Taking v2 as part of its VIVA SDK (Krisp)
Adobe’s AI audio tools can add soundtracks and voice-overs to videos (The Verge)
Patientsync selects Telnyx to power voice AI experiences (Telecom Reseller)
Adobe’s Corrective AI can change the emotions of a voice-over (WIRED)
Prosper AI raises $5M to be a voice AI platform for healthcare (Healthcare IT Today)
TATA–NICE AI alliance reshapes global call centers (WebProNews)
Ultravox and Voximplant make voice AI agents accessible via calls (CBS42)
Voice analytics for call centers: How it works (Fit Small Business)
How Kevin Wu’s voice AI transformed a home‑services call center and boosted appointments (BlitzMetrics)
Twilio sees growing demand for AI voice bots (BusinessWorld Online)
RingCentral named a leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for unified communications as a service report (Telecom Reseller)
SoundHound AI and Telarus announce strategic partnership (GlobeNewswire)
Crescendo unveils multimodal AI for contact centers (GlobeNewswire)
Autonomous voice AI agent reshapes Japanese call centers (EIN News)

Engineering Corner 😎

Sonic-3 - the state-of-the-art model for realtime conversation (X)
Transcribe audio with Google Gemini for free here’s how to do it (Tom’s Guide)
Friend, the AI companion that listens all day (Tom’s Guide)
The ear does not do a Fourier transform (Dissonances)
Nevercap vs Otter.ai — which AI transcription tool actually works best for college students in 2026? (DEV)
Whisper + Gradio on Colab: STT in minutes (DEV)
AI-powered call center solution with Azure and OpenAI GPT (Github)
KrishokBondhu: A retrieval-augmented voice-based agricultural advisory call center for Bengali farmers (arXiv)
How to detect audio deepfakes (Unite.AI)
Top AI voice generators for business users (OfficeChai)
TheWhisper: High-performance STT (Github)
Tuning and optimization of STT, TTS, and custom keyword recognition in Azure Speech Services (Microsoft DevBlogs)