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2026-09-14
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OpenAI has launched GPT-Live-1 as a public API, giving outside developers access to its real-time full-duplex voice model for building conversational voice applications that can listen and respond simultaneously.

Competitor moves

Contact Center Weekly Roundup: Zendesk Targets Language Barriers as AI Control Wars Heat Up

The latest news and insights from the contact center space, including releases and announcements from Zendesk, Genesys, RingCentral & Verint The contact center AI race is increasingly focused on what happens during the conversation, not simply before it reaches an agent.

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Competitor products

8×8 Reviews: Insights Into Features, Support & Reliability

Read 8x8 reviews covering features, pricing, support, reliability, pros, and cons. See which businesses it suits and compare the best alternatives. The post 8×8 Reviews: Insights Into Features, Support & Reliability appeared first on Nextiva Blog.

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AI & Automation

OpenAI Ships Real-Time Voice API Letting Developers Build Apps That Talk and Listen Simultaneously

GPT-Live-1 debuted inside ChatGPT in July; the full-duplex voice model is now available via API for third-party voice-enabled app and conversational-workflow development.

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Dreamforce 2026 to Pitch Salesforce's Unified 'Trust Boundary' for Agentic Enterprise

Report finds the agent-trust stack still spans three separate, unintegrated layers — identity, permissions and audit — despite Salesforce's unified positioning.

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New Survey Finds Consumer Trust in AI-Driven Customer Service Continues to Decline

57% of consumers say they would trust a business less if it predominantly uses AI in customer service, up from 53% a year earlier, per AnswerConnect's 2026 AI Customer Service Attitudes Report.

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UCaaS

Nimbuzz: o universo da mensageria

O Nimbuzz foi lançado em 2006, na Holanda, por Evert Jaap Lugt e Martin Smink, ambos com experiência no setor de telefonia móvel.

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CCaaS

Teleperformance Mexico CEO Says AI Has Replaced 35% of 'Normal Tasks' at the Company

Gustavo Mir, CEO of TP México, said the shift freed leadership time to invest more in people, per remarks at Expansión Summit 2026.

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M&A & Funding

Sinch prepara avanço para o Open Gateway no Brasil

Companhia de CPaaS já realizou testes com operadoras de sua solução

MobileTime · Read the original

Channel & MSP

CRN Best Of The Channel Awards 2026: How Top Channel Chiefs Are Driving Partner Growth

The finalists shared in their awards applications the details of the most significant changes or improvements they made over the last 12 months in their role as channel chief and illustrated the impact that change or improvement had in helping channel partners succeed.

Telecom & Regulatory

Brazilian Telemarketing Association Asks Anatel to Revise Anti-Spam Call-Blocking Rules

ABT wants carriers' discretionary anti-spam tools debated via public consultation and is calling for minimum standardization to mitigate call-blocking errors.

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Comp watch

UCaaSRingCentral $68.92 (-0.17%); 8x8 $1.84 (+1.10%); Zoom $95.57 (+0.12%)
CCaaSFive9 $30.66 (+1.36%); NICE $98.18 (+0.14%)
PlatformTwilio $227.35 (-1.64%); Cisco $112.13 (+4.37%); Microsoft $495.63 (+0.65%)
IDTIDT Corporation $70.51 (+1.57%)
IndexNasdaq 26,333.04 (+0.96%)
MoversCisco up 4.4%, the largest mover among comps today

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