The best text-to-speech tools: Expert tested

Speechify is a solid alternative for folks who want realistic text-to-speech on mobile for everything from web pages to e-books, while ElevenLabs has some of the best natural-sounding voices for voice ...
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Microsoft introduces new IMPORTTEXT, IMPORTCSV functions in Excel

Microsoft has added two new import functions — IMPORTTEXT and IMPORTCSV — to Excel, aimed at simplifying the process of importing data from text and CSV files directly into spreadsheets. These ...

From Text To Tables: Why Structured Data Is AI’s Next $600 Billion Frontier

Tabular foundation models are the next major unlock for AI adoption, especially in industries sitting on massive databases of ...
InfoQ

Vercel Open-Sources Bash Tool for Context Retrieval Using Local Filesystems

Vercel has open-sourced bash-tool that provides a Bash execution engine for AI agents, enabling them to run filesystem-based ...
CNN

Scientist turns people’s mental images into text using ‘mind-captioning’ technology

A scientist in Japan has developed a technique that uses brain scans and artificial intelligence to turn a person’s mental images into accurate, descriptive sentences. While there has been progress in ...
InfoQ

Achieving Precision in AI: Retrieving the Right Data Using AI Agents

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...
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Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
CNET

How to Detect AI Writing Using These Tips

Rachel is a freelancer based in Echo Park, Los Angeles and has been writing and producing content for nearly two decades on subjects ranging from tech to fashion, health and lifestyle to entertainment ...
VentureBeat

DeepSeek drops open-source model that compresses text 10x through images, defying conventions

DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence research company that has repeatedly challenged assumptions about AI development costs, has released a new model that fundamentally reimagines how large ...
Futurism

Over 50 Percent of the Internet Is Now AI Slop, New Data Finds

Rejoice, netizens of flesh and blood, for only a little over half of all new articles on the internet are AI-generated, according to a new report highlighted in Axios. Believe it or not, this is kind ...
Lifehacker

I Tested AI 'Humanizers' to See How Well They Actually Disguise AI Writing

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...
MIT Technology Review

In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers. Google has just released a technical report detailing how much ...