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Thinking Machines, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, announced it's developing 'interaction models' that continuously process audio, video, and text in real time. Unlike current models that wait for complete input before responding, these models aim to enable simultaneous perception and generation across modalities.

Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, its new voice and audio AI model, scoring 95.9% on the Big Bench Audio Benchmark at high thinking levels—second only to Step-Audio R1.1 Realtime at 97.0%. Response times range from 0.96 seconds at minimal thinking to 2.98 seconds at high thinking, with pricing held at $0.35 per hour of audio input and $1.40 per hour of audio output.