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  1. AI toolsReach 47

    Hume AI lets you query raw audio for tone and emotion

    Hume AI just launched its Audio Decision API, an audio-native model that answers custom questions about speech and sound directly from raw audio—no transcripts needed. You can check if a caller sounds frustrated, identify AI voices, or search 40,000 recordings in minutes with simple JSON outputs. Why it matters: instead of relying on words alone, voice agents and call centers can now catch sighs, tone shifts, and unspoken context in real time.

  2. Open sourceReach 48

    Hume AI open-sources TADA, a voice model that runs on your phone

    Hume AI just open-sourced TADA, a speech-language model that runs over 5x faster than typical LLM-based TTS with zero hallucinations across 1,000+ test samples. By aligning text tokens directly to continuous acoustic vectors, it processes speech at just 2–3 frames per second and stretches a 2,048-token window to 700 seconds of audio. Why it matters: It is lightweight enough to run directly on mobile devices without relying on cloud APIs.

  3. AI modelsReach 49

    Hume AI drops Octave 2 with sub-200ms voice generation

    Hume AI just launched Octave 2, its second-generation multilingual speech-language model supporting 11 languages with sub-200ms response times. It cuts Octave 1's pricing in half while adding granular phoneme editing and voice conversion. Why it matters: Ultra-low latency paired with realistic emotional inflection makes humanlike voice agents viable for real-time gaming and customer service.

  4. AI modelsReach 47

    Hume AI's EVI 3 clones your personality, not just your voice

    Hume AI just launched EVI 3, a new speech-to-speech model alongside updated TTS capabilities. Instead of stopping at voice cloning, the model captures speaking style and unique language patterns—what Hume calls "personality cloning." Why it matters: voice assistants are moving from just sounding like you to actually talking like you.

  5. AI modelsReach 50

    Hume AI unveils EVI 3 for custom voice personalities

    Hume AI just launched EVI 3, its third-generation end-to-end speech-language model that lets users generate custom voices and personalities using simple prompts. It streams responses with conversational latency while tapping into reasoning and web search systems. In blind tests, it outranked GPT-4o on empathy, expressiveness, and audio quality.

  6. AI toolsReach 40

    Hume AI launches Octave, a TTS model that actually gets context

    Hume AI just launched Octave, a speech-language model designed to understand emotional context instead of just reading words aloud. It detects sarcasm, panic, and character nuances straight from scripts or prompts, outperforming ElevenLabs in blind comparisons for audio quality and naturalness.

  7. AI toolsReach 31

    Hume's Voice Control lets you sculpt AI voices with sliders

    Hume AI just rolled out Voice Control in beta for its Empathic Voice Interface 2 (EVI 2), bypassing clunky text prompts and risky voice cloning with 10 continuous perceptual sliders. Developers can tweak traits like confidence, nasality, and assertiveness in real time to generate unique, reproducible brand voices. Extreme parameter settings are still being fine-tuned.

  8. AI toolsReach 59

    Hume rolls out browser voice app powered by EVI 2 and Claude

    Hume AI just launched a browser-based voice application combining its proprietary EVI 2 speech model with Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Haiku. Users can chat with various specialized AI personas through their microphone without creating an account. Early testing shows solid factual answers, though narrative modes still suffer from occasional repetition and voice shifts.