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SpaceXAI launches 21 new Grok Voices on xAI Console

xAI added 21 Grok Voice voices, taking the total to 26 across real-time, TTS, and no-code tools. The rollout adds multilingual support, custom voice cloning, and production features for call centers, sales, support, and media.

🗞 #spacexai @testingcatalog

OPENAI 🔥: GPT Bidi 1, an upcoming bidirectional voice mode for ChatGPT, has been renamed to GPT Live 1!

OpenAI naming is healing 👀
h/t @wrg133

SpaceXAI gearing up for upcoming Grok 4.5 release

References in SpaceXAI products suggest Grok 4.5 may launch soon, with upgrade prompts in the web client and Grok Build CLI. The 1.5T V9 model is in private beta, likely debuting first for Heavy subscribers, with benchmarks still absent.

🗞 #grok @testingcatalog

Perplexity Digest summary will also appear on Perplexity homepage.

> Your digest is coming soon: Digest runs twice a day. Your first report will appear here when the next one is ready.

From there, users will also have the chance to browse its past runs and further customize it in Settings.

OPENAI 🔥: GPT-Realtime-2.1 and GPT-Realtime-2.1-mini are now available on OpenAI Playground and APIs.

> GPT-Realtime-2.1-mini now supports reasoning and tool use at the same cost as GPT-Realtime-mini.

Wen Bidi??? 👀

Claude Cowork for mobile will have an Ask Mode selector as well. At this stage it looks ready from the UI pov.

Soon? 👀

BREAKING 🔥: TRACES OF GROK 4.5 HAVE BEEN SPOTTED ON THE GROK WEB!

> Unlock the full power of Chat with Grok 4.5

SOON 👀

h/t @goodiers

An upcoming Claude Voice Mode UI got updated again. Model selector is still present at the bottom while other UI elements are scattered around the screen.

> While Claude is speaking, the same Anthropic glow appears as on the desktop.

> Seems like voice samples got updated as well.

Curios to see how non Haiku models will perform there!

Soon? 👀

OpenClaw for iOS got an upgraded design with a better Liquid Glass support and more.

Community update 🦞

Tencent released Hy3 (non-preview), a 295B-parameter MoE open model with 21B active and 3.8B MTP layer params.

> This Hy3 release follows the Hy3 Preview launch in late April.
> Hy3 scored 2.67/4 on benchmarks, outperforming GLM-5.1 at 2.51/4. The advantage was clearest in frontend development, CI/CD, and data & storage.

More players are catching up 👀

LongCat-2.0 is now available on Huggingface under the MIT license.

> LongCat-2.0 is a 1.6T MoE 1M-token context model from Meituan.
> Works natively with Claude Code, OpenClaw, and Hermes Agent.

Open testing time 👀

xAI is preparing to promote its Voice Agent Builder on Grok, allowing users to build custom agents that can answer their phone calls.

> Let Grok answer your phone

> I’ll help you deploy your first agent in just a few minutes without a single line of code.

> Create an AI that picks up your calls and talks in a natural voice. Tell it what to handle — questions, bookings, messages — and we'll give you a free number so it can start taking real calls in minutes.

That would be interesting 👀

ByteDance set to launch Seedance 2.5 with 3-minute AI video output

ByteDance appears close to launching Dreamina Seedance 2.5, possibly on July 9. Public pages point to 30-second standard generation, extension to 180 seconds, and rollout across Dreamina, CapCut, and partner platforms.

🗞 #bytedance @testingcatalog

Meta prepares Scheduled tasks for Meta AI users on web

ICYMI: Meta is testing scheduled tasks for Meta AI on the web, letting users run recurring prompts in-app. At this moment, Meta races rivals, amid claims its next model nears GPT-5.5 on internal tests.

🗞 #meta @testingcatalog

Meta is rolling out Dynamic Photo feature for Meta Glasses to more users.

This feature allows glasses to capture additional frames so you can select the best one later if needed.

Media templates have also been added to the Media tab recently.

Additionally, a Fitness section is now visible in the settings but doesn’t seem operational yet.

> Log a workout on your connected device to get insights.