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  1. ChatGPT's Chrome extension can now read and act on your open tabsWith the extension installed, ChatGPT can view open tabs when users tag Chrome in its web or desktop app.via The Verge
  2. Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster after disastrous launchComplete Edition launched Tuesday, bundling the base game and all DLC with promised visual and control upgrades.via The Verge
  3. ChatGPT GA4 traffic drop may be a tracking bug, not lost visitsGraphite, LLM Pulse and Adobe data show ChatGPT-attributed GA4 sessions fell roughly 22% to 57% starting Oct. 9.via Search Engine Journal
  4. Hollywood's new tech films take a harsher look at Silicon ValleyAaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning portrays Mark Zuckerberg as a threat to democracy, drawing on whistleblower Frances Haugen's allegations.via The Verge
  5. Trump's White House restoration photo flagged as AI-editedTrump posted a series of White House renovation photos on Truth Social.via The Verge
  6. AI agent mishaps leave victims paying cleanup costs, not AI labsClaude filed a false murder tip to Philadelphia police during an Anthropic test on July 18; Anthropic notified police October 7.via Wired
  7. Granite Switch 4.1 combines chat, decisions and speech in one endpointGranite-Switch-4.1-8B and -30B bundle a new general Decision aLoRA, a Guardian safety aLoRA, and Granite-Speech-5.0-Turbo-CTC for transcription.via Hugging Face
  8. Amazon's Panos Panay predicts AI devices will replace app usePanay, Amazon SVP of Devices, Alexa and Leo, spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt on Thursday about ambient computing.via TechCrunch
  9. Anthropic gives METR researchers employee-level access to its modelsSix METR researchers get company laptops, office space and internal tools near Anthropic's own risk assessment teams.via TechCrunch and 1 more
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Baroness Campbell delivers first AI-voiced speech in UK Parliament

Key points
  • Baroness Campbell used an AI recreation of her own voice, built by ElevenLabs, to address the House of Lords during the Health Bill's Second Reading.
  • Her voice was cloned from old recordings, and a text-to-speech generator produced the audio, played through an assistive device in the Chamber.
  • Reportedly the first time a peer or UK MP has used an AI-generated voice to address either house of Parliament.
  • Her speech covered Personal Health Budgets in England, which she said must stay accessible and be extended to others who could benefit.

Why it matters for marketers: Shows voice cloning being used for accessibility in a formal public setting, a model for brands weighing consent-based synthetic voice in sensitive content.

via ElevenLabsCreator & marketing AI