French AI research lab Kyutai, launched in November 2023 with €300M in funding and backed by billionaire Xavier Niel, demos its AI voice assistant Moshi
OpenAI doesn't need to worry just yet Rowan Cheung / The Rundown AI : An open-source GPT-4o competitor Sophia / GreenBot : AI can now listen and talk: Moshi launched as first real-time voice AI assistant Siddharth Jindal / Analytics India Magazine : French AI Lab Kyutai Releases OpenAI GPT-4o Killer ‘Moshi’ Emre Çıtak / Dataconomy : Kyutai introduces Moshi Chat, an AI that can both listen and speak in real time Maximilian Schreiner / The Decoder : French AI lab Kyutai unveils conversational AI assistant Moshi, plans open-source release Ben's Bites : KyutAI drops world's first open-access voice AI. Mastodon: Andre Louis / @FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com : You want to try talking to Moshi yourself? Well you can. What a strange thing. https://moshi.chat/ X: @kyutai_labs : Moshi and Neil on stage giving some emotional improv. [video] Ryan Morrison / @ryanmorrisonjer : Moshi is an impressive project. It needs some work before it matches the demos from OpenAI but at least its usable by anyone today. @kyutai_labs Its more argumentative than any AI I've used. https://www.tomsguide.com/... [video] Guillaume Grallet / @guillaumgrallet : A small demo by @neilzegh from #moshi, an audio language model developed in Paris by @kyutai_labs, a Paris based team of researchers that bets on #open #science. [video] Javi Lopez / @javilopen : “I was a 3-year-old soldier during WW2” Talking to Moshi's new real-time AI talking feature is like talking to someone who is just tripping out 😂 [video] Ryan Morrison / @ryanmorrisonjer : I decided to see what would happen if I had Moshi Chat @kyutai_labs talk to EVI @hume_ai. While different types of models, they both claim emotional understanding. I was not prepared for what happened and I may never sleep again. [video] @kyutai_labs : Yesterday we introduced Moshi, the lowest latency conversational AI ever released. Moshi can perform small talk, explain various concepts, engage in roleplay in many emotions and speaking styles. Talk to Moshi here https://moshi.chat/... and learn more about the method below 🧵. [video] @kyutai_labs : For now, you can experiment with Moshi with our online demo. The development of Moshi is more active than ever, and we will rollout frequent updates to address your feedback. This is just the beginning, let's improve it together. @kyutai_labs : Moshi and Alex going on a space adventure 🚀 [video] @kyutai_labs : And for folks in the US, you can use https://us.moshi.chat/... for better latency (thanks to @huggingface for providing the GPUs there). LinkedIn: Bernardo Perobeli : Kyutai has unveiled Moshi, a ‘real-time’ AI voice assistant that represents a significant advancement in conversational AI technology. … Joshua Meyer : You maybe haven't heard of Kyutai yet — They've been quietly* building AI models (in Paris) with a team of some of the best minds in the field …