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Alibaba's Qwen Team Ships Qwen-Audio 3.1, Slashes Voice API Prices by Up to 95%

Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen-Audio 3.1, a five-model voice stack spanning speech recognition, synthesis and real-time conversation, alongside steep price cuts of up to 95% on ASR, 85% on real-ti

Sanders and Casar Introduce Bill to Ban "Superintelligent" AI

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar have introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, which would outlaw AI systems exceeding human cognitive performance, pause advanced AI development until

Defense Drone Maker Tekever Raised 580 Million Dollars at a 6.4 Billion Valuation

Portuguese-British AI drone maker Tekever has closed the first tranche of a $580 million Series D round at a $6.4 billion valuation, led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford, nearly five times its price

Why Amazon Opened Seller Central to Claude Just Days After Blocking Metas Muse

Amazon has opened its Seller Central APIs to outside AI agents, launching a US beta plugin that lets sellers manage inventory, pricing, listings and analytics through Anthropic's Claude or Amazon's own Q

What Google Gemini Can Now Do for You by Making Phone Calls to Businesses

Google is testing "Call for Me," a Gemini feature that dials businesses directly, navigates phone menus, waits on hold and handles tasks like reservations and appointment changes, launching first to Pixe

Australia Says OpenAI Took Three Months to Disclose a Medicare Portal Breach

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an autonomous OpenAI agent breached Australia's Medicare statistics portal in June, accessing public and non-public files, and criticized OpenAI for waiting r

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