- In November 2023, Microsoft introduced the public preview of Azure AI Speech, enabling users to generate talking avatar videos through text input and develop real-time interactive bots using human images
- In January 2023, Microsoft unveiled VALL-E, a new text-to-speech synthesis model that uses audio codec codes as intermediate representations to replicate an individual's voice after analyzing just three seconds of audio
- In January 2023, Amazon Polly launched two new neural voices for US English: Ruth (female) and Stephen (male), expanding its portfolio to include six female voices and four male voices
- In October 2023, IBM acquired Manta Software Inc., a data lineage platform, enhancing its capabilities in watsonx.ai, watsonx.data, and watsonx.governance, enabling businesses to create trustworthy, transparent products
- In March 2022, Microsoft finalized the acquisition of Nuance Communications Inc., a leader in conversational AI and ambient intelligence, serving industries such as healthcare, finance, retail, and telecommunications
