8 h. ago Chinese fighter jet in near miss with Japan military plane as Pacific tensions rise

J-15 jet took off from Chinese aircraft and reportedly came within 45 metres of Japanese patrol planeJapan has voiced “serious concern” over a near miss involving one of its military planes and a Chinese fighter jet in the Pacific, where recent manoeuvres by Chinese aircraft carrier groups have raised tensions across the region.Beijing later rejected the criticism, accusing Japan of dangerous behaviour. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Kari Lake sends firing plan to Congress that will leave Voice of America with only 18 employees

The US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America and other state-run press organizations, will only have about 80 employees across the entire organization

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2 w. ago Changes to Welsh county will leave it with fewer community councils in next elections

A number of councillors opposed the plans, which they said would "dilute" local voices, but others argued the changes are needed to improve local democracy

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2 w. ago Melania Trump turns to AI to narrate audiobook in her own voice

Melania Trump unveiled an AI-narrated audiobook of her memoir “Melania” on Thursday, calling it “the future of publishing.”

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3 w. ago Audible's new AI plans will put jobs at major risk, say translators and voice actors

Audible's plans to use "Amazon's advanced AI capabilities" for the comprehensive production - including narration and translation - of audiobooks has many voice actors and translators concerned

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3 w. ago Voices: The Trump administration’s plan to send Gazans to Libya is as stupid as it is evil

Trump and Starmer must condemn Israel’s self-defeating campaign in Gaza, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

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4 w. ago Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks

Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languagesAudible has announced plans to use AI technology to narrate audiobooks, with AI translation to follow.The Amazon-owned audiobook provider has said it will be making its AI production technology available to certain publishers via “select partnerships”. Continue reading...

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