💻 Technology Live The New Friend AI Pendant Can Now Talk Back to You Avi Schiffmann has a new version of his controversial AI companion. It’s more expensive, and you can’t change its personality. WI Wired 30 Jul 2026 8 days ago 1 min read Wired — 30 July 2026 Text: A− A+ 14 0 0 🎙️ Listen 🌐 Translate 🌐 Translate: 🇬🇧 EN 🇸🇦 AR 🇵🇰 UR 🇮🇳 HI 🇫🇷 FR 🇪🇸 ES 🇩🇪 DE 🇹🇷 TR 🇨🇳 ZH 🇷🇺 RU 🇧🇷 PT ✕ 🎙️ AI Podcast — Two-Host Discussion The New Friend AI Pendant Can Now Talk Back to You Kokoro TTS · ~5 min episode · American English voices ✕ 🎤 Voice Selection▼ tap to expand Choose voices for Host A and Host B. Changes take effect on next play. Host A 🟥 Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Fenrir (Rich, authoritative) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Onyx (Strong, broadcast) Liam (Youthful, conversational) Bella (Warm, expressive) Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Daniel (Polished, clear) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) Alejandro (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) Siwis (F, expressive) Alpha (F, clear) Gongitsune (F, natural) Kumo (M, deep) Xiaobei (F, bright) Yunyang (M, warm) Alpha (F, natural) Omega (M, clear) Sara (F, expressive) Nicola (M, rich) Dora (F, warm) Alex (M, clear) Host B 🟦 Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Bella (Warm, expressive) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Dora (F, warm) Alejandro (M, clear) Siwis (F, expressive) Nezuko (F, bright) Tebukuro (F, calm) Kumo (M, deep) Yunxi (F, energetic) Yunyang (M, warm) Omega (M, clear) Alpha (F, natural) Nicola (M, rich) Sara (F, expressive) Alex (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) 🎙️ Regenerate with Selected Voices A Now Speaking — Generating podcast… Synthesising speech — will play automatically when ready… ▶ 0:00 / 0:00 1× Avi Schiffmann has a new version of his controversial AI companion. It’s more expensive, and you can’t change its personality. This report comes from Read Full Story at Wired → Advertisement ai ticker:GE React: 🔥0 😮0 😢0 😡0 ❤️0 🤔0 Read original story at Wired Sources Wired Sponsored Related Stories 💻 Technology Alonso pleased with Aston Martin upgrade as Newey targets 'respectability' Sky Sports · 14 days ago 💻 Technology Apple announces Silo’s season 4 return date 9to5Mac · 11 days ago 💻 Technology Anthropic upgrades Claude with new Opus 5 model, details here 9to5Mac · 14 days ago 💻 Technology New Macs are coming soon, here’s everything we know 9to5Mac · 14 days ago 💻 Technology 7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran Wired · 6 days ago 💻 Technology Hanwha Group and LG CNS tokenize trade receivables to enhance supply chain finance CoinDesk · 12 days ago