Sesame, headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, exits stealth with an undisclosed amount of funding, unveiling an AI speech model and plans for AI glasses
Here's an embedded 13-minute audio clip of my first attempt! — www.theverge.com/news/621022/ ... X: @sesame : At Sesame, we believe in a future where computers are lifelike. Today we are unveiling an early glimpse of our expressive voice technology, highlighting our focus on lifelike interactions and our vision for all-day wearable voice companions. https://www.sesame.com/... [video] Tobi Lutke / @tobi : Man, sesame's voice model is absolutely insane. You have to try this demo. GG @brendaniribe https://www.sesame.com/... Fabrizio Rinaldi / @linuz90 : Ok this is insane, and I'd even say this could pass the Turing test for me, and surely for a lot of people. The voice quirks especially really sell it. I might start telling my parents to never trust they're speaking to a human on the phone anymore. https://www.sesame.com/... Zach Tratar / @zachtratar : The new Sesame voice model feels like a ChatGPT moment for voice. It's just that good. Nikunj Kothari / @nikunj : This is the most “her” moment I've felt in the last few years.. It's truly uncanny - recommend trying this out now https://www.sesame.com/... Josh Dance / @joshdance : Sesame's voice model is insane. Full stop. Try it out. https://www.sesame.com/... The most realistic AI voice I have heard yet. Tobi Lutke / @tobi : These AIs are definitely better conversationalists than I am. @kimmonismus : Holy SH*t! This sounds absolutely human and natural. We crossed the threshold where it's indistinguishable if something is AI generated or human. And much earlier than expected. Sesame makes AI sounds real like never before. I am shocked. [video] @zachweinberg : Holy shit moments in tech are rare. This is one of them. Wow. Blown away. @a16z : We're thrilled to announce our investment in Sesame AI, a company redefining computing with audio-first AI glasses. For decades, computing has evolved, yet we're still stuck on screens. While AR glasses have focused on visuals, AI-powered speech interfaces have remained [image] Guillermo Rauch / @rauchg : Absolutely astonishing voice ai demo. The whole site experience is 🔥 https://www.sesame.com/... LinkedIn: Jenny He : When we first invested in Sesame two years ago, I knew Brendan and Ankit were building something extraordinary. … Forums: Hacker News : Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice r/ChatGPT : Sesame AI's Voice is INSANE - OpenAI needs to catch up! r/singularity : Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice r/artificial : Sesame's new text to voice model is insane. Inflections, quirks, pauses r/LocalLLaMA : “Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice” post by Sesame - realtime conversation audio model rivalling OpenAI
The “Miles” character seems so real, and responds so naturally, that I had to double check that it wasn't an Omegle-style phone call with a real person. I don't want to overhype but my mind is blown right now www.sesame.com/research/cro...
I can't stop thinking about Sesame, the first voice assistant I've ever wanted to talk to again. It brought me back to the fun I had making Bing go insane. — Here's an embedded 13-minute audio clip of my first attempt! — www.theverge.com/news/621022/ ...
At Sesame, we believe in a future where computers are lifelike. Today we are unveiling an early glimpse of our expressive voice technology, highlighting our focus on lifelike interactions and our vision for all-day wearable voice companions. https://www.sesame.com/... [video]
Ok this is insane, and I'd even say this could pass the Turing test for me, and surely for a lot of people. The voice quirks especially really sell it. I might start telling my parents to never trust they're speaking to a human on the phone anymore. https://www.sesame.com/...
Holy SH*t! This sounds absolutely human and natural. We crossed the threshold where it's indistinguishable if something is AI generated or human. And much earlier than expected. Sesame makes AI sounds real like never before. I am shocked. [video]
We're thrilled to announce our investment in Sesame AI, a company redefining computing with audio-first AI glasses. For decades, computing has evolved, yet we're still stuck on screens. While AR glasses have focused on visuals, AI-powered speech interfaces have remained [image]