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Fish Audio Completes $50 Million Seed Round to Advance AI Voice Model R&D and Enterprise Services
According to TechCrunch, AI voice model company Fish Audio announced the completion of a $50 million seed funding round, led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, with participation from institutions including 359 Capital, Parable, and Play Time. The company stated that its open-source and hosted models have currently accumulated over 8 million users, and annual recurring revenue has reached $21 million.
ElevenLabs and Stability AI Release New AI Music Models
Odaily Odaily News: Voice AI company ElevenLabs, founded in Poland, has released Music v2. This model can switch genres within the same track, generate songs by sections such as intro, verse, and chorus, and supports local redrawing of specified segments. Music v2 is now available on ElevenMusic and ElevenCreative, with early access to the ElevenAPI currently provided through the sales team. Stability AI has launched Stable Audio 3.0, which includes four models: Small SFX, Small, Medium, and Large. Three of these variants have open weights on Hugging Face. The series is trained on licensed data. The Medium model supports generating tracks up to 6 minutes and 20 seconds long, while the Large model is only available via the Stability AI API. ElevenLabs has signed licensing agreements with Believe, Kobalt, and Merlin. Stability AI has established partnerships with Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. In November 2025, Suno was valued at $2.45 billion, with an annual recurring revenue exceeding $300 million, approximately 100 million users, and generating an average of about 7 million songs daily.
GPT-5.6 and Gemini 3.5 Pro Reportedly Delayed to July Release, OpenAI’s New Voice Model May Launch This Week
Tech blogger @synthwavedd has stated that several highly anticipated cutting-edge AI models have adjusted their release schedules. Among them, GPT-5.6, originally slated for a near-term release, has been postponed to mid-July, while Google DeepMind has canceled the planned late-June launch of Gemini 3.5 Pro due to dissatisfaction with the model’s current performance.Meanwhile, preparations for the launch of OpenAI’s new-generation bidirectional voice model, Bidi, are progressing on the ChatGPT platform, with availability to users potentially coming as early as this week. Reports indicate that Bidi supports full-duplex voice interaction, allowing users to speak simultaneously with the model and interrupt the conversation at any time, marking a significant upgrade over existing voice modes.Additionally, Anthropic has granted early access to its Claude Sonnet 5 model for select enterprise clients. As the release progress of flagship models Mythos 5 and Fable 5 has slowed, Claude Sonnet 5 is seen as an interim product solution for Anthropic to alleviate competitive pressure.
ElevenLabs and Stability AI Release New AI Music Models
Odaily Odaily News: Voice AI company ElevenLabs, founded in Poland, has released Music v2. This model can switch genres within the same track, generate songs by sections such as intro, verse, and chorus, and supports local redrawing of specified segments. Music v2 is now available on ElevenMusic and ElevenCreative, with early access to the ElevenAPI currently provided through the sales team. Stability AI has launched Stable Audio 3.0, which includes four models: Small SFX, Small, Medium, and Large. Three of these variants have open weights on Hugging Face. The series is trained on licensed data. The Medium model supports generating tracks up to 6 minutes and 20 seconds long, while the Large model is only available via the Stability AI API. ElevenLabs has signed licensing agreements with Believe, Kobalt, and Merlin. Stability AI has established partnerships with Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. In November 2025, Suno was valued at $2.45 billion, with an annual recurring revenue exceeding $300 million, approximately 100 million users, and generating an average of about 7 million songs daily.
OpenClaw Releases Version v2026.4.25: TTS Fully Upgraded with Support for Six New Voice Service Providers
According to the official OpenClaw GitHub release notes, OpenClaw released version v2026.4.25 on April 27. This update covers multiple core modules—including speech, plugins, observability, and browser automation—with the following key highlights: • TTS Overhaul: Added support for six new voice service providers—Azure Speech, Xiaomi MiMo, ElevenLabs v3, Inworld, Volcengine (Volcano Engine), and local CLI—and introduced chat-session-level automatic TTS control, TTS persona binding, and cross-Agent/account-level override configurations. • Plugin Registry Optimization: Migrated plugin startup and installation paths to a cold-persistent registry, reducing full-manifest scanning and improving determinism for plugin updates, fixes, and discovery. • OpenTelemetry Expansion: Extended coverage across the full observability pipeline—including model invocations, token usage, tool loops, Harness execution, process execution, message delivery, context assembly, and memory pressure metrics. • Browser Automation Enhancements: Added iframe-aware role snapshots, CDP readiness tuning, one-click headless startup, and deeper browser diagnostic probes. • Installation Stability Improvements: Fixed installation and update issues across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Docker platforms.
Tesla to Launch AI Voice Feature
Odaily News According to Shanghai Internet Information Office, Shanghai has added one more registered generative artificial intelligence service, which is Tesla's in-car voice large model service. In response, a Tesla representative stated on April 22nd: "Stay tuned." (Yicai)
SlowMist Issues Security Alert: Fake “Harmony Voice” Software Being Used in Social Engineering Attacks
According to threat intelligence released by the SlowMist security team (@SlowMist_Team), its threat intelligence system MistEye has received community reports identifying an active social engineering attack targeting cryptocurrency users. Attackers contact victims under the pretext of project collaboration and lure them into using a counterfeit “Harmony Voice” application (domain: harmony-voice[.]app) for so-called real-time translation—when in fact it is malicious software. SlowMist has already synchronized the relevant threat intelligence (IOCs) to its enterprise customers.
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South Korea Includes 4 ICT Services Such as AI Voice Fraud Detection in Regulatory Sandbox Exceptions
According to Yonhap News, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced that, following written deliberation by the Second ICT Regulatory Sandbox Fast-Track Expert Committee, it approved four services for empirical special exception qualifications. Among them, the "Voiceprint Recognition Mobile Voice Fraud Detection Service" jointly applied for by Samsung Electronics and the National Forensic Service received the most attention — this service embeds an AI-trained voice fraud recognition model into mobile apps, capable of reminding users in real-time of suspected fraudulent calls; previously, as fraudsters' voiceprints were classified as personal information and could not be used without the consent of the concerned party, this special exception breaks this restriction.
Fish Audio Completes $50 Million Seed Round to Advance AI Voice Model R&D and Enterprise Services
According to TechCrunch, AI voice model company Fish Audio announced the completion of a $50 million seed funding round, led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, with participation from institutions including 359 Capital, Parable, and Play Time. The company stated that its open-source and hosted models have currently accumulated over 8 million users, and annual recurring revenue has reached $21 million.
GPT-5.6 and Gemini 3.5 Pro Reportedly Delayed to July Release, OpenAI’s New Voice Model May Launch This Week
Tech blogger @synthwavedd has stated that several highly anticipated cutting-edge AI models have adjusted their release schedules. Among them, GPT-5.6, originally slated for a near-term release, has been postponed to mid-July, while Google DeepMind has canceled the planned late-June launch of Gemini 3.5 Pro due to dissatisfaction with the model’s current performance.Meanwhile, preparations for the launch of OpenAI’s new-generation bidirectional voice model, Bidi, are progressing on the ChatGPT platform, with availability to users potentially coming as early as this week. Reports indicate that Bidi supports full-duplex voice interaction, allowing users to speak simultaneously with the model and interrupt the conversation at any time, marking a significant upgrade over existing voice modes.Additionally, Anthropic has granted early access to its Claude Sonnet 5 model for select enterprise clients. As the release progress of flagship models Mythos 5 and Fable 5 has slowed, Claude Sonnet 5 is seen as an interim product solution for Anthropic to alleviate competitive pressure.
Hong Kong SAR Government Releases "Hong Kong Corporate Treasury Centre Development Action Plan"
Odaily News Hong Kong SAR Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB), Christopher Hui, today (9th) announced the "Hong Kong Corporate Treasury Centre Development Action Plan" at the Corporate Treasury Centre Forum. The Action Plan proposes targeted strategies to strengthen Hong Kong's position as a major hub for multinational corporate treasury centres, elevating Hong Kong as a primary base for such centres and reinforcing its platform role for "bringing in and going global."Compiled jointly by the FSTB, the Inland Revenue Department, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), and Invest Hong Kong, the Action Plan has two major objectives: to attract more multinational corporations to establish corporate treasury centres in Hong Kong and to assist existing corporate treasury centres operating in Hong Kong in scaling up, fully leveraging Hong Kong's comprehensive financial ecosystem. (Greater Bay Area Voice)
ElevenLabs and Stability AI Release New AI Music Models
Odaily Odaily News: Voice AI company ElevenLabs, founded in Poland, has released Music v2. This model can switch genres within the same track, generate songs by sections such as intro, verse, and chorus, and supports local redrawing of specified segments. Music v2 is now available on ElevenMusic and ElevenCreative, with early access to the ElevenAPI currently provided through the sales team. Stability AI has launched Stable Audio 3.0, which includes four models: Small SFX, Small, Medium, and Large. Three of these variants have open weights on Hugging Face. The series is trained on licensed data. The Medium model supports generating tracks up to 6 minutes and 20 seconds long, while the Large model is only available via the Stability AI API. ElevenLabs has signed licensing agreements with Believe, Kobalt, and Merlin. Stability AI has established partnerships with Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. In November 2025, Suno was valued at $2.45 billion, with an annual recurring revenue exceeding $300 million, approximately 100 million users, and generating an average of about 7 million songs daily.
OpenClaw Releases Version v2026.4.25: TTS Fully Upgraded with Support for Six New Voice Service Providers
According to the official OpenClaw GitHub release notes, OpenClaw released version v2026.4.25 on April 27. This update covers multiple core modules—including speech, plugins, observability, and browser automation—with the following key highlights: • TTS Overhaul: Added support for six new voice service providers—Azure Speech, Xiaomi MiMo, ElevenLabs v3, Inworld, Volcengine (Volcano Engine), and local CLI—and introduced chat-session-level automatic TTS control, TTS persona binding, and cross-Agent/account-level override configurations. • Plugin Registry Optimization: Migrated plugin startup and installation paths to a cold-persistent registry, reducing full-manifest scanning and improving determinism for plugin updates, fixes, and discovery. • OpenTelemetry Expansion: Extended coverage across the full observability pipeline—including model invocations, token usage, tool loops, Harness execution, process execution, message delivery, context assembly, and memory pressure metrics. • Browser Automation Enhancements: Added iframe-aware role snapshots, CDP readiness tuning, one-click headless startup, and deeper browser diagnostic probes. • Installation Stability Improvements: Fixed installation and update issues across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Docker platforms.