open-source AI

Voice Cloning

Tencent Open-Sources Covo-Audio: 7B Speech Model

Tencent AI releases Covo-Audio, a 7-billion parameter open-source speech language model with a real-time inference pipeline for audio conversations and reasoning, advancing synthetic voice capabilities.

open-source AI

Chinese AI Models Dominate Open-Source as Western Labs Retreat

Over 175,000 unprotected systems run Chinese AI models as Western labs shift away from open-source, raising security and geopolitical questions for the synthetic media ecosystem.