The first real-time voice assistant (Practical AI #278)

In the midst of the demos & discussion about OpenAI’s GPT-4o voice assistant, Kyutai swooped in to release the first real-time AI voice assistant model and a pretty slick demo (Moshi). Chris & Daniel discuss what this more open approach to a voice assistant might catalyze. They also discuss recent changes to Gartner’s ranking of GenAI on their hype cycle.

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Featuring:

• Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, X
• Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Kyutai
• Kyutai keynote video
• Gartner Hype Cycle for AI

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