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Apple has agreed to hire employees and license technology from Huxe, an AI audio startup founded by former Google NotebookLM developers. The deal, disclosed to the European Commission in June 2026, follows Huxe's shutdown in May and aligns with Apple's broader strategy of acquiring AI talent and intellectual property without full acquisitions.
Logitech G has released the Blue Yeti 2, a successor to the iconic 2009 USB microphone, featuring AI-powered noise removal, a 3D proximity sensor for automatic gain adjustment, and a 1.3-inch LED display. Priced at $159.99, it targets podcasters and streamers by automating audio settings while maintaining the original's recognizable design.
Google unveils Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, a faster, more natural-sounding real-time AI audio model for Search, Gemini Live, and developer tools, with SynthID watermarks to flag AI speech. Benchmarks show strong performance in complex tasks, though not always at human levels, and rollout across Google’s products could blur the line between human and bot voices for users.
Google Docs now allows users to generate AI-powered audio versions of their documents using Google Gemini, with customizable voices and playback speeds, accessible to shared document readers and authors, primarily on desktop and in English, for Workspace and premium AI subscribers.
French AI startup Mistral has released Voxtral, its first open-source audio model designed for businesses, offering affordable, high-quality speech transcription and understanding in multiple languages, with variants suitable for different deployment needs, challenging proprietary solutions.