Sesame, the startup behind the viral virtual assistant Maya, releases its base AI model
Sesame, the AI startup behind the impressively realistic voice assistant Maya, has released the base AI model powering Maya.
I Tried Sesame AI’s Voice Companion, and It Was Like Talking to a Real Person
Move over ChatGPT as Sesame offers a superior AI voice companion, and its Maya voice engages in natural and human-like ...
Talking with Sesame's AI voice companion is amazing and creepy - see for yourself
In a blog post titled "Crossing the Uncanny Valley of Conversational Voice," the company dropped a demo of its new AI that ...
Can AI sound too human? Sesame's Maya is as unsettling as it is amazing - try it for free
In a blog post yesterday titled "Crossing the Uncanny Valley of Conversational Voice," the company dropped a demo of its new ...
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Sesame AI’s New Voice Assistant: ‘Almost Human’
Sesame AI’s voice assistant uses advanced speech technology to create natural, emotionally aware conversations that feel more ...
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I compared Sesame to ChatGPT voice mode and I'm unnerved
Since Sesame unleashed its voice assistant demo, users have reported awestruck reactions. "I've been into AI since I was a ...
Sesame is the first voice assistant I’ve ever wanted to talk to more than once
Sesame has a mini white paper you can read on its website, describing the model and its dataset of around one million hours ...
I was so freaked out by talking to this AI that I had to leave
Sesame has developed a conversational voice AI that sounded so much like a friend of mine that I just couldn't continue.
I tried the most realistic AI voice companion ever created - if ChatGPT or Gemini ever gets this good, reality is in trouble
Sesame, on the other hand, speaks as if it’s thinking ... I interrupted then to ask, "Wait, what's his favorite trick?" Maya ...
Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online
In late February, Sesame released a demo for the company's new Conversational Speech Model (CSM) that appears to cross over what many consider the "uncanny valley" of AI-generated speech, with some ...