Google Cloud updates AI-powered speech tools for enterprises

Google Cloud on Thursday announced it's updating its Text-to-Speech products with more voice and more languages. Google has also improved the quality of its Speech-to-Texttranscription tools and is bringing some of their features into general…

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Germany’s social media hate speech law is now in effect

A new law has come into force in Germany aimed at regulating social media platforms to ensure they remove hate speech within set periods of receiving complaints — within 24…

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Social media are testing the legal boundaries of free speech

Members of the Ku Klux Klan arriving for a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, July 2017. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images ‘Fighting words” is American legal shorthand for the issue of how…

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Google Cloud Speech API Improves Longform Audio Recognition — Adds New Language Variants

Cloud Speech, Google’s neural network powered speech-to-text API, provides an easy way for developers to recognize and convert audio into text. The service also enables this conversion to happen in real…

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Google updates Cloud Speech API with support for long-form audio clips

Google Inc.’s Cloud Speech Application Programming Interface has been updated with more features for developers who wish to integrate speech recognition capabilities into their Android applications. The update increases the…

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Google Cloud Speech API gets an enterprise-focused update

Google on Monday is rolling out updates to the Cloud Speech API, introducing a set of features that were built to meet enterprise customers' needs. The new features represent a…

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Facebook to Appeal Austrian Global Hate Speech Order

HIGHLIGHTS Facebook was ordered to remove postings against Eva Glawischnig Critics see the order as a threat to free speech on the Internet Facebook said it will appeal the court…

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