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Retell Scales to 100M Calls as OpenAI Powers its Lean Machine
Retell runs 100 million voice calls a month and logs $1.6M in ARR per worker, proving voice AI prints cash when you keep payroll razor-thin.
Devon Achebe · 5d ago · 4 min read
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Unplug the Brains: 406 Scientists Tell Tech Labs to Cut AI From the Web
Over 400 top researchers want frontier models physically airgapped after breakout incidents exposed critical infrastructure to autonomous software.
Ray Dalton · 19d ago · 4 min read
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Disrupt 2026 Puts Voice Agents and Physical AI Under the Moscone Lights
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 lands in San Francisco with agentic systems, robotics, and cut-rate tickets for laid-off tech workers.
Nina Falco · 23d ago · 5 min read
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Meta and OpenAI Want Root Access to Your Life Behind Friendly Mascots
Meta launched Muse for free. OpenAI introduced paid Dots. Both slap cartoon faces on software built to hijack your computer and run your errands.
Devon Achebe · 24d ago · 5 min read
Voice AI
Co-op Deploys OpenAI to Score Bereavement Calls and Squeeze Probate Staff
Co-op Legal Services has wired OpenAI into its probate desk to grade calls with grieving families across 50 data points, turning empathy into a tracked metric.
Ray Dalton · 24d ago · 4 min read
Voice Agents
Meta Put Real Humans Behind Its Voice Agent And Hoped Nobody Noticed
Meta ran internal tests where human callers quietly took over for its Muse voice agent. Meanwhile, leaks at Microsoft and OpenAI prove autonomous AI is still propped up by people.
Devon Achebe · Sep 28, 2026 · 4 min read
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Gemini Live vs ChatGPT Voice: Why Fake Breaths Beat Google Ecosystem
OpenAI taught its voice agent to fake human stutters. Google gave its bot your Gmail inbox. Here is what actually happens when you talk to them.
Ray Dalton · Sep 27, 2026 · 6 min read
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OpenAI Hands ChatGPT Voice the Keys to Your Slack and Inbox
OpenAI strapped GPT-6 Astra to your inbox, calendar, and Slack channels. Voice AI is no longer a parlour trick, but giving it agency over your workplace brings real trouble.
Devon Achebe · Sep 23, 2026 · 5 min read
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Ringg Deploys GPT-5.6 to Resolve 65 Percent of Support Calls
Ringg cuts call center inference costs by 90 percent using GPT-5.6, handling nearly two-thirds of inbound calls across voice, web, and WhatsApp without human staff.
Ray Dalton · Sep 23, 2026 · 5 min read
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Apple Rebrands AI, Resuscitates Siri, and Outsources Its Thinking to OpenAI
Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence at WWDC, overhauling Siri, tethering ChatGPT to iOS 18, and locking the entire system behind a steep hardware upgrade wall.
Ray Dalton · Sep 17, 2026 · 5 min read
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OpenAI's Realtime Voice Update Just Wiped Out The Wrapper Startups
OpenAI cut out the middleman in voice AI. If your entire startup was three APIs stitched together with duct tape and a markup, your business model just vanished.
Nina Falco · Sep 17, 2026 · 5 min read
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