Alibaba's AI voice model, Fun-Realtime-TTS-Preview, has achieved a top global ranking, outperforming US competitors like OpenAI and xAI. It excels particularly in recognizing complex Chinese dialects and accents.

A new artificial intelligence voice model from Alibaba Group Holding has beaten out Western rivals OpenAI and xAI on a major global benchmark, underscoring its technical edge in capturing complex Chinese dialects and accents. Fun-Realtime-TTS-Preview, developed by Alibaba’s Tongyi Lab, has secured the fifth spot on the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena leaderboard with a score of 1,190. It was the only Chinese-engineered voice system in the global top five. Alibaba owns the South China Morning...