Every company deploying an AI voice agent has made the same bet, whether they realize it or not. They’ve let the model design their customer conversation. The goals are clear: collect the caller’s ...

But could it also work on a sub-national level — in a city or state — and try to make a dent, however small, in the local news crisis? That’s the idea behind The Conversation Local, an initiative that ...

OpenAI says its new voice mode can speak and listen at the same time, a key ability for live translation.