Sesame unveiled its Conversational Speech Model (CSM) on February 27, introducing AI personas Maya and Miles with unprecedented natural voice capabilities. The technology achieves near-human performance on standard metrics and introduces new benchmarks for voice AI. Based on a multimodal transformer model trained on 1 million hours of audio, CSM delivers emotional intelligence and contextual understanding in conversations. Backed by major investors, Sesame plans to expand beyond English to 20+ languages and open-source key components, while also developing wearable AI companions potentially paired with AR glasses.

OpenAI's GPT-4.5 represents their largest and most advanced conversational AI model to date, featuring improved emotional intelligence, reduced hallucinations, and expanded knowledge capabilities. Released in February 2025 with a staggered rollout due to GPU constraints, it excels at pattern recognition and intuitive dialogue while competing with models from Anthropic and xAI in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Amazon revolutionizes consumer AI with Alexa+ (February 2025) and Rufus shopping assistant. Alexa+ features natural conversations, autonomous task completion across services, cross-device continuity, and creative capabilities like song generation. Rufus provides conversational product assistance with contextual recommendations. Both integrate with AI review summaries, shopping guides, and smart home features. Alexa+ is free for Prime members, positioning Amazon at the forefront of accessible, practical AI that works seamlessly across familiar devices.

Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet, its most advanced AI assistant featuring revolutionary extended thinking capabilities and superior coding abilities. Benchmark results demonstrate significant improvements across reasoning (78.2% on GPQA), mathematics (96.2% on MATH 500), and software engineering (62.3% on SWE-bench)—substantially outperforming competitors like OpenAI and DeepSeek. The new model maintains the same pricing as Claude 3.5 Sonnet while introducing Claude Code, a command-line tool that transforms development workflows.

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Microsoft has removed usage limits on Copilot AI's Voice and Think Deeper features, now offering them free to all users. Voice enables natural conversations for language practice and hands-free assistance, while Think Deeper, powered by OpenAI's o1, helps with complex decision-making. Copilot Pro subscribers still receive priority access during high demand and additional benefits like early access to experimental features and Microsoft 365 integration.

Cohere delivers enterprise-ready AI solutions through its three-pillar approach: Workspace Systems (North and Compass), Generative Models (Command series and Aya Expanse), and Advanced Retrieval Models (Embed and Rerank). Founded by transformer architecture pioneer Aidan Gomez, Cohere offers secure, scalable, and multilingual AI tools that transform operations across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, and public sectors. With flexible deployment options and industry-leading security protocols, Cohere stands out in the competitive AI landscape against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

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