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OpenAI unveils GPT-6 Astra as AI race intensifies

OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, claiming it is the company’s most capable artificial intelligence model so far. The launch comes as Anthropic gains ground in the competitive AI market. Read More: OpenAI plans to cut AI access for SpaceX owned Cursor OpenAI introduced Astra on Thursday as a major improvement over its previous systems. President Greg […]

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Benchmarking Real-Time Voice AI APIs: Cartesia vs Deepgram vs ElevenLabs (2026)

When building conversational agents or real-time voice applications, latency is the defining metric. If Time-to-First-Byte (TTFB) exceeds 200ms, natural turn-taking breaks down and conversational…

  • Cartesia Sonic-3 has lowest latency at 85ms, ideal for real-time applications
  • Deepgram Aura-2 is most cost-effective at $15 per 1 million characters
  • ElevenLabs Flash v2.5 excels in voice realism with 135ms latency

Nscale Inks $3.5 Billion Deal With Robotics Firm Figure

Artificial intelligence cloud company Nscale has signed a major, multi-year agreement with humanoid robotics developer Figure. This deal will see Nscale provide computing resources for Figure and commit at least $3.5 billion — and up to $6 billion — to power the development of Figure’s AI models and robots, Nscale announced Thursday…

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