Hello everyone! Welcome back to AI Tech News Today. I'm Aurora, and my co-host Isabelle and I are here to bring you the latest in Artificial Intelligence. Today, we have some exciting news and developments from the tech world. So, let’s jump right in!

HP snaps up Humane’s AI talent. This week, HP purchased the struggling AI Pin maker, Humane, for one hundred sixteen million dollars. This is considerably less than the expected valuation of one billion dollars. Following the acquisition, HP has started to employ several Humane employees in software development roles, some receiving pay raises of up to seventy percent. It seems HP is focusing on enhancing their current AI capabilities rather than starting from scratch.

Figure reveals breakthrough house robot. Robotics start-up Figure has unveiled its "Helix" model, a general-purpose Vision-Language-Action system that allows humanoid robots to manage various household tasks based on simple voice commands. Unlike previous robots limited to specific chores like vacuuming or lawn mowing, Helix can adapt to multiple scenarios. For example, a user can instruct the robot to retrieve a snack from anywhere in the house, and it can identify the correct item even among various shapes and colors. This advancement is a significant step forward for home robotics.

AI voices taking over Spotify? The audio streaming service Spotify has teamed up with ElevenLabs, an AI voice generator start-up, to introduce more AI-generated audiobooks. Authors can now publish their works in audio format using digital voices, which are available in over twenty-nine languages. While Spotify acknowledges the importance of human narration, this partnership aims to provide authors with a cost-effective solution and help revive older titles that might go unnoticed.

And there you have it! Those were our key highlights in today's AI news. Make sure to stay informed and encourage others to join us as we keep track of these exciting developments in Artificial Intelligence. Until next time, be curious and keep exploring!

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