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Saudi Arabia taps China’s MiniMax for Arabic AI model

The development signals that the kingdom continues deepening AI ties with China while simultaneously pursuing major US technology partnerships, keeping the Gulf state at the center of an intensifying technology race between the superpowers.

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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

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