Boson AI x U of T Higgs Audio Hackathon: Realtime, Avatar, TTS models
smolix · x · 2026-10-02
Boson AI teams up with U of T's MScAC program for the Higgs Audio Hackathon 2026: Friday kickoff and tutorials, Saturday build/demo day.
- Models: Higgs Realtime (live voice, interruptions, tool calling), Higgs Avatar (animate a still image with speech), Higgs TTS (expressive speech)
- Suggested builds: cross-language tutors, natural turn-taking conversations, tool-calling agents, lip-synced avatars
- Timeline: participant API access opens October 16, one week before kickoff
Related event: Boson AI to Host Higgs Audio Hackathon with University of Toronto(2 posts)→
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