This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Meta and its AI glasses hardware partner EssilorLuxottica are getting ready to launch the next generation of their Ray-Ban AI glasses. That's according to a series of FCC filings for […]

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Cohere launches Transcribe, its first voice model; the 2B-parameter, open-source speech recognition model handles tasks like notetaking and speech analysis  —  Enterprise AI company Cohere on Thursday launched its first voice model: Transcribe is an open source automatic speech recognition model …

Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
The US FCC opens a comment period for a proposal to help return outsourced call center jobs to the US; critics say the plan could drive companies to automation  —  Analysts say the proposal, aimed to reduce fraud and language barriers, could drive companies toward automation

New York has the lowest homeownership rate in the country, with just over half the state’s residents reporting owning a home in 2024, according to data from the Federal Reserve. Most of the lawmakers who represent New York in Congress, however, own their homes. At least 24 of New York’s 28-member congressional delegation own or have owned a […]

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