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Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create 6-minute songs
Stability AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion, is releasing a new family of audio models, called Stability Audio 3.0. The top model can generate professional-grade music of more than six minutes long, the company claimed. The company is releasing four new models under the Stable Audio 3.0 name: small SFX (459M parameters), small (459M parameters), medium (1.4B parameters), and large (2.7B parameters). The duo of small models is suitable for on-device sound and music generation of up to two minutes. Both medium and large models can create full compositions of 6 minutes, 20 seconds long that can maintain musical structure and melodic tone. This is more than double the length of what Stable Audio 2.0, released in 2024, was capable of generating. Stability AI is making small SFX, small, and medium models available with open weights for anyone to use and modify. In 2024, the company releasedStable Audio Open, which allowed for music generation of up to 47 seconds. The new family of models is a big step up from the previous open versions. The large model is available only through the API and self-hosting paid services. Plus, companies with more than $1 million in revenue would need to get an enterprise license. Many companies, includingGoogleandElevenLabs, are releasing models and tooling around music generation. However, asSuno’sandUdio’songoing court battles have proved, licensing of data and partnerships with music labels could become a key part of the long-term survival of these services. Last year, Stability AI inked deals withWarner Music GroupandUniversal Music Groupto develop models and music-creation tools. The company said that its latest set of audio models is built on fully licensed data. The AI startup is developing a new suite of products for professional musicians but didn’t give more details on its features. Ethan Kaplan, former chief digital officer at Universal Audio and Fender, is joining the company to lead Stability’s professional music offering. A number of AI companies are trying to bolster their credentials by hiring music execs. Earlier this year, Suno hired formerMerlin CEOJeremy Sirotaas chief commercial officer. ElevenLabs has also hired Derek Cournoyer from indie music publisher Kobalt asa strategy lead for its music business.
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AI search startups are blowing up
Yesterday’s big news was Google’s plan toblow up its traditional Searchin favor of an AI-powered experience — but Google isn’t the only company planning for the next generation of discoverability. This morning,Bloomberg has newsof the Andreessen Horowitz-backed Exa Labs, which has raised $250 million against a $2.5 billion valuation to go after the same market. And it’s part of a wave of startups all chasing AI search, which has quietly become one of the most attractive targets in consumer AI. From Bloomberg: Exa is part of a wave of startups that are vying to transform the search industry, including Tavily, TinyFish and Parallel Web Systems. Led by former Twitter Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, Parallel recently raised $100 million at a $2 billion valuation in a round led by venture firm Sequoia Capital, according to the Wall Street Journal. At the same time, we’re also seeing conventional tech platforms likeAmazon,LinkedIn, andRedditlooking to AI to revamp their search and discoverability features — so there will be plenty of potential acquirers if any of the startups start looking to sell. The biggest competitor is ChatGPT, which still owns the interface layer and, prior to the Google launch, was handling the vast majority of the AI-powered searches taking place on a given day. But OpenAI can’t make Search a priority and Google has an ad business to protect, which could leave room for a smaller lab like Exa or Parallel to carve out a niche for itself.
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The ‘Hottest Job’ in AI Right Now is in Short Supply
As AI moves from research labs into the enterprise, demand for a new breed of specialists has exploded by 800% in a single year.
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ANSCER Robotics Raises $5.4 Mn to Expand Industrial Automation
The robotics startup will use fresh capital to scale products, US operations, and partner network.
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Google I/O 2026: Project Genie Will Now Let You Explore Street View Locations With a ‘Creative Twist’
At Google I/O 2026, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced a new capability for Project Genie. The new experience connects the cutting-edge large language model (LLM) with Google's Street View to let users explore different locations on the map with a “creative twist.” The feature will be available to those on the highest subscription tier of Gemini as the company also starts rolling out Project Genie to more users. Apart from a fun, interactive experience, the tech giant also pitches the Street View grounding as a tool to help train artificial intelligence (AI) agents and embedded robots.
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Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas
Over the last few months, Figma has struck partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic to bake in support for AI CLI tools likeClaude CodeandCodexto allow users to use these coding environments alongside its design software. The company is now baking in its own take on AI smarts via a new AI agent that operates within its collaborative canvas. Figma says users can employ natural language text prompts to direct its new AI agent to generate new designs, edit existing ones, or automate tasks such as generating iterations of existing designs. Users can even fire up multiple agents that can do various tasks simultaneously. The company claims the AI assistant understands design contexts and elements since it runs on AI models that are fine-tuned for design use. “As building software gets easier, what matters most is setting direction: deciding what to work on, how it should function, what the experience should feel like. Teams can now collaborate with agents on the multiplayer canvas to test out ideas, visualize edge cases, and refine concepts together without over-indexing on the more tedious parts,” Figma’s chief design officer, Loredana Crisan, said in a statement. The agent is first launching in Figma Design, and the company plans to eventually make it available in its other products. Figma said that, over time, it wants to bring design and code even closer together within its apps. Facing intense competition from the likes of Canva, Adobe, Flora, Krea and Dessn, last year Figma acquired node-based design tool Weavy, and has addednew image editing featuresto its products. The company has done well despite fears of AI eating into the work of designers and the demand for software they use: In the first quarter of 2026, Figma reported revenue of $333.4 million, 46% more than a year earlier.
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AI, Data Analytics Can Help Detect Corruption in Govt Tenders: CAG’s K Sanjay Murthy
The use of AI-led monitoring systems and data-based analysis can enable regulators and audit bodies to identify suspicious procurement patterns at an early stage.
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14 Wildest AI Announcements From Google I/O 2026
Google I/O 2026 just wrapped up, and it was genuinely a lot to take in. We broke down the important developments for you.
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Techno Digital Opens Mumbai Edge Data Centre in Partnership with RailTel
The centre has been built to support sovereign and compliance-driven workloads, an increasingly important consideration for enterprises navigating India’s evolving data governance landscape.
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Beyond Mining, Chhattisgarh Bets Big on AI, Semiconductors, Digital Infra
One of the most significant milestones will be the operationalisation of RackBank’s AI-focused data centre park in Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
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AI is Compressing White-Collar Jobs, But It's Not Too Late Yet
Roles like data scientists, web developers, market research analysts, and management analysts were, until recently, considered relatively insulated from automation.
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Persistent, IIM Ahmedabad Roll Out Framework to Help Enterprises Measure Returns on AI Bets
The framework, called ‘AI Value Compass’, aims to help enterprises prioritise AI projects and improve governance as companies struggle to scale pilot programmes into measurable business outcomes.
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