Anthropic, the Amazon-backed AI startup founded by ex-OpenAI research executives, released its Computer Use tool in October. The startup said the tool can interpret what’s on a computer screen, select buttons, enter text, navigate websites and execute tasks through any software and real-time internet browsing.

Amazon has unveiled Nova Sonic, a new voice-specific model that integrates speech understanding and generation, marking a significant advancement in the evolution of voice AI. Designed to power automated customer service and AI agents,

Currently, the model supports multiple expressive voices, both masculine and feminine, in American and British English.