Boson AI has recently open-sourced the Higgs Audio V2 model. [https://huggingface.co/bosonai/higgs-audio-v2-generation-3B-base](https://huggingface.co/bosonai/higgs-audio-v2-generation-3B-base) The model demonstrates strong performance in automatic prosody adjustment and generating natural multi-speaker dialogues across languages . Notably, it achieved a 75.7% win rate over GPT-4o-mini-tts in emotional expression on the EmergentTTS-Eval benchmark . The total parameter count for this model is approximately 5.8…

I’m doing some local SEO for a firm and came across a business with two sites, two GBPs (!), using what looks like a massive doorway page setup across several sites. They’ve got thousands of pages like: /repair-and-service-centre-stockport.php /repair-and-service-centre-cheadle.php /repair-and-service-centre-manchester.php Same content every time. Just the town name swapped. No real local relevance. Thin copy,…

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Hi folks, I run a (B2B/industrial) website that I built myself—call it “vibe-coded” with some programming chops + AI guidance. **What I’ve already done (AI-assisted):** * On-page basics: titles, metas, H1/H2 hierarchy, keyword targeting * Internal link structure & topical clusters (at least a first pass) * XML sitemap + robots.txt + Search Console setup…

Many SEO hacks out there can feel spammy, think private blog networks, fake guest posts, or questionable Fiverr gigs. That’s not my style. I wanted a clean approach, one that I wouldn’t mind showing during a Google penalty audit. So, I created a small script that combines OpenAI with a custom database of startup directories.…

At my firm, everyone is currently focused on large language models (LLMs). For an upcoming project, we need to develop a machine learning model to extract custom entities varying in length and complexity from a large collection of documents. We have domain experts available to label a subset of these documents, which is a great…

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AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 Hey y’all. The R9700 was supposedly launched yesterday, but I couldn’t find any reviews or listings online for it, outside of one company that had a “request a quote” button instead of an actual price. So I kept digging and found Velocity Micro’s blog post, which is from yesterday. I’ve…