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Deepgram endpointing=300 Cut Off 22% of My Voice AI Users Mid-Answer

The user said, "The biggest trade-off I made on that project was..." and then paused to think. The bot jumped in with "Great, thanks for sharing! Next question." That pause was about 700 milliseconds.

  • Deepgram endpointing set silence timer for speech-to-text systems
  • 300ms pause time cut off 22% of long answers in My voice AI
  • Two-gate system reduced cutoffs to 3.1% without increasing latency

People in China are renting their faces to AI — for up to $15,000

Would you let an artificial intelligence company use your face for money? In China, a growing number of ordinary people are doing exactly that, licensing their appearance to AI content producers who…

  • Chinese people rent their faces to AI companies for up to $15,000.
  • Individuals can digitally license their portraits, earning $370 in three days.
  • Online platforms connect face licensors with AI content producers.

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