Microsoft launches 3 AI models to transcribe speech, generate voices, and create images: How they work

Microsoft has launched MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2, offering fast, high-quality AI models for ...

Microsoft launches 3 new AI models in direct shot at OpenAI and Google

Microsoft launches three in-house AI models for transcription, voice, and image generation, challenging OpenAI and Google ...
People

Viola Davis Gets Regal During NAACP Image Awards Speech: 'Our Crown Has Already Been Bought, All We Have to Do Is Wear It'

The EGOT winner was honored with the prestigious Chairman’s Award during the annual event Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Viola Davis Incites Inspiration During NAACP Image Awards Speech: “Our Crown Has Already Been Bought, All We Have to Do Is Wear It”

The EGOT winner was honored with the Chairman’s Award during Saturday night's awards ceremony. By McKinley Franklin Viola Davis delivered a powerful speech at the 2026 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday ...
Times Union

Skidmore dean: Posters for Israeli speaker defaced with antisemitic images

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Posters promoting a Skidmore College talk by an American-Israeli journalist and former Israeli military spokesman Gil Hoffman were vandalized on campus with antisemitic tropes, ...
IEEE

Multilingual Image-to-Speech Conversion: Leveraging OCR and Language Translation for Enhanced Accessibility

Abstract: As digital content is growing rapidly and there is a need for communication that is non-discriminatory, the conversion of textual information from pictures to speech has become a very ...
USA Today

Roth IRA conversions gain traction as Gen X ages. Should you convert?

Roth conversions to secure tax-free withdrawals during retirement are gaining popularity as Ge n X gets closer to retirement, but financial advisers warn that the decision to convert should be ...
PBS

Trump's use of AI images further erodes public trust, experts say

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration has not shied away from sharing AI-generated imagery online, embracing cartoonlike visuals and memes and promoting them on official White House channels.
Military.com

Trump in Davos Speech Says He Won’t Use Force to Acquire Greenland

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he won’t use force to acquire Greenland in a speech at the World Economic Forum, where he said that the U.S. is booming but Europe is “not ...
Time

'That’s Our Territory’: Trump Uses Davos Speech to Push for Greenland

US President Donald Trump addresses the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 21, 2026. Reporter President Donald Trump delivered a defiant and combative address at the World Economic ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Musk’s Grok AI Generated Thousands of Undressed Images Per Hour on X

Elon Musk’s X has become a top site for images of people that have been non-consensually undressed by AI, according to a third-party analysis, with thousands of instances each hour over a day earlier ...
The New York Times

A.I. Images of Maduro Spread Rapidly, Despite Safeguards

Deepfakes of Venezuela’s ousted president, Nicolás Maduro, flooded the internet after his capture, in a new collision of breaking news and artificial intelligence. By Stuart A. Thompson and Tiffany ...