Cartesia Releases Sonic-3.6 TTS, Toping AI Audio Benchmarks After Architecture Rebuild
HazyResearch · x · 2026-08-28
Cartesia announced the general availability of Sonic-3.6, their new TTS model. It ranked #1 on AI Audio benchmarks during preview and graduated to GA in a week due to positive feedback. The team rebuilt the architecture from the ground up instead of tuning the existing paradigm, surpassing their previous best model in two months.
Related event: Cartesia's Sonic-3.6 Goes GA, Tops TTS Leaderboards(5 posts)→
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