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Yeah, I don't get why it is suddenly getting so much attention today, it is all over twitter too

by lblock 6mo ago

ramon156 6mo ago
well duh, they updated the news section https://github.com/microsoft/VibeVoice/commit/e73d1e17c3754f046352014856a922f8208fb5d3 https://github.com/microsoft/VibeVoice/commit/e73d1e17c3754f... which is microsoft for "we removed two dead links". AI innovation knows no limits!
- Vinnl 6mo ago
  Interestingly that seems to be in response to [1], which might indeed be the trigger for this. [1] https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-vibing-capturing-screenshots-and-voice-samples-without-governance-6973c48f03a7 https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-vibing-capturing-screensh...
xnx 6mo ago
Simonw (who has a bit of a Midas touch for posts here) just posted about it https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/27/vibevoice/ https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/27/vibevoice/
- realty_geek 6mo ago
  To be fair, his Midas touch is a result of consistency and a lot of hard work. It's like the gardener at one of the Oxford colleges said - it's really easy to create these perfect lawns, just turn up every day and trim and water it - for a couple hundred years.
  - soperj 6mo ago
    I thought they rolled it as well?
    - ffsm8 6mo ago
      As always with people: listen to what they say, not to what they do... After all, they rarely do what they say themselves, so it's surely not entirely made up nonsense!
GuinansEyebrows 6mo ago
there is so much more subversive marketing out there than any of us can really fathom. i try not to be too paranoid but it's getting a lot harder every day. i know someone who worked in what we might call the 'astroturfing' space within the entertainment industry. after having a few discussions with him and with things like this[0] becoming more known, it's really difficult to afford any assumption of organic intent when money is on the line - especially at the scale that microsoft works at compared to something as comparatively quaint as the music industry. [0] https://www.wired.com/story/geese-chaotic-good-marketing-industry-plant/ https://www.wired.com/story/geese-chaotic-good-marketing-ind...

Yeah, I don't get why it is suddenly getting so much attention today, it is all over twitter too

by lblock 6mo ago

Yeah, I don't get why it is suddenly getting so much attention today, it is all over twitter too

well duh, they updated the news section https://github.com/microsoft/VibeVoice/commit/e73d1e17c3754f046352014856a922f8208fb5d3 https://github.com/microsoft/VibeVoice/commit/e73d1e17c3754f... which is microsoft for "we removed two dead links". AI innovation knows no limits!

Vinnl 6mo ago
Interestingly that seems to be in response to [1], which might indeed be the trigger for this. [1] https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-vibing-capturing-screenshots-and-voice-samples-without-governance-6973c48f03a7 https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-vibing-capturing-screensh...

xnx 6mo ago

Simonw (who has a bit of a Midas touch for posts here) just posted about it https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/27/vibevoice/ https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/27/vibevoice/

realty_geek 6mo ago
To be fair, his Midas touch is a result of consistency and a lot of hard work. It's like the gardener at one of the Oxford colleges said - it's really easy to create these perfect lawns, just turn up every day and trim and water it - for a couple hundred years.
- soperj 6mo ago
  I thought they rolled it as well?
  - ffsm8 6mo ago
    As always with people: listen to what they say, not to what they do... After all, they rarely do what they say themselves, so it's surely not entirely made up nonsense!

GuinansEyebrows 6mo ago

there is so much more subversive marketing out there than any of us can really fathom. i try not to be too paranoid but it's getting a lot harder every day. i know someone who worked in what we might call the 'astroturfing' space within the entertainment industry. after having a few discussions with him and with things like this[0] becoming more known, it's really difficult to afford any assumption of organic intent when money is on the line - especially at the scale that microsoft works at compared to something as comparatively quaint as the music industry. [0] https://www.wired.com/story/geese-chaotic-good-marketing-industry-plant/ https://www.wired.com/story/geese-chaotic-good-marketing-ind...