Goma-ae (ごまえ) is a classic Japanese side dish that features blanched spinach tossed in a creamy and aromatic, rich, nutty ...

Sesame changed that. In a blog post titled "Crossing the Uncanny Valley of Conversational Voice," the company dropped a demo of its new AI that lets you talk to either "Maya" or "Miles." ...

Nearly 12 years later, that fictional premise has veered closer to reality with the release of a new conversational voice model from AI startup Sesame that has left many users both fascinated and ...

Enter Sesame, an AI startup founded by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe and Ankit Kumar, that has taken the AI industry by storm. Sesame’s “Maya” (female) and “Miles” (male) voice companions are so ...

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing lifesaving clean water supplies to 700,000 people a day – around 364,000 of them ...

Sesame has unveiled its latest research on conversational voice technology, focusing on achieving "voice presence"—a quality that makes interactions with digital assistants feel authentic and ...

Fifteen minutes after “hanging up” with Sesame’s new “lifelike” AI, and I’m still freaked out. So-called “conversations” with AI don’t do a lot for me, especially where text is ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A municipal worker cleans a traffic circle in downtown Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Feb. 27 ...

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe’s next act: AI glasses that carry a conversation. Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe’s next act: AI glasses that carry a conversation. Sean Hollister is a senior ...

25km north-west of Goma, on 23 January 2025. Picture: Michael Lunanga/AFP While operations to bring back fallen and wounded soldiers were completed in South Africa, the troops left behind are ...

Classes started again on Thursday in some of Goma's schools, the day after panic broke out following a rumor alleging the “forced recruitment” of pupils by M23 rebels. Student Irenge Habamungu ...

Nearly a month ago, M23 rebels captured the regional capital Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the time, one of the worst reported atrocities of the conflict took place ...