
Anthropic has expanded voice mode accessibility to its Opus and Sonnet models, as well as to apps like Gmail, Slack, and Canva, allowing users to switch between text and voice mode during conversations and switch models as needed. The feature was previously available only on Claude Haiku, but now is offered to more powerful models, with support for multiple languages including French, German, Spanish, and others. The company also corrected an earlier statement about the launch date of voice mode, clarifying it was actually launched in 2025.
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Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race? That’s because last week Google announced a bombshell reorganization of its AI division, Google DeepMind. Jeff Dean, the company’s chief scientist, is […]

Microsoft is finally beginning to combine its consumer and commercial Copilot AI assistants into a single "super app" interface, starting with the Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps. Both personal and work accounts will be moved to the new unified app, which recycles the "Microsoft Copilot" name but features an updated app icon. The single […]
