Anthropic launches a voice mode for Claude
Anthropic has begun to roll out a “voice mode” for its Claude chatbot apps. The voice mode (in beta for now) allows Claude mobile app users to have “complete spoken conversations with Claude,” and will arrive in English over the next few weeks, according to Anthropic’s official account on X and updated documentation on the […]
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Show HN: Loodio 2 – A Simple Rechargable Bathroom Privacy Device
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Comprehensive Analysis of De-Anonymization Attacks Against the Privacy Coin XMR
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Show HN: Icepi Zero – The FPGA Raspberry Pi Zero Equivalent
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My website is ugly because I made it
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