Alibaba's Qwen Audio 3.0 TTS Plus tops the competition in the text-to-speech rankings

Alibaba's Qwen Audio 3.0 TTS Plus tops Artificial Analysis' Speech Arena leaderboard. The model supports 16 languages and lets users control speaking style with natural language or tags like [...]

Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

“I think it should stand for artificial idiot,” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.” [...]

The 7 most incredible snorkeling spots in the Caribbean

From a Belize blue hole plunging hundreds of feet to an artificial reef built after a hurricane, seven Caribbean snorkel spots worth the swim [...]

AI Content Labels Become Mandatory Under EU Law

The European Union's rules on labelling AI-generated content stop being guidance and start being law on August 2, 2026. From that date, companies that build generative AI systems must mark the im [...]

DeepSeek's latest AI model is by far the cheapest of major models to run

Research firm Artificial Analysis found V4-Flash costs 3 cents per test run, versus $3.15 for Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 [...]

Optima tackles AI benchmarking's biggest flaw by letting users test models against their own data

Artificial Analysis has launched Optima, a platform that lets users build custom AI benchmarks from their own data and workflows. Models can be compared not just on quality but also on cost and time p [...]

New benchmark ranks search APIs for AI agents on quality, cost, and speed

Artificial Analysis has released the "Search Index," a benchmark that rates search API providers for AI agents on quality, cost, and speed. Of seven providers tested with GPT-5.6 Luna, Paral [...]

India’s Murf AI launches Falcon 2 to challenge voice AI leaders

Bangalore-based Murf AI is releasing its Falcon 2 voice model on 20 August at $0.01 per generated minute, a fifth of what ElevenLabs charges. The company says it scores above some OpenAI models on the [...]

Companies Rebuilt Everything for AI. Except How They Make Decisions.

Ask business leaders what gives their company a competitive edge, and they will likely point to data, technology, or talent. Rarely will they say its decisions. Yet every business makes thousands of t [...]