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Sierra acquires Anon, maker of browser agents that sign in and fill out forms on websites with no APICustomer service AI company Sierra has acquired Anon, a start-up whose technology lets AI agents use websites the way people do, signing in and filling out forms. No price was given; Anon had raised more than $13M.- 2Conductor, the app that runs teams of AI coding agents, is joining Meta and will shut its cloud on 20 November
- 3Sentra raises $150M led by Capital One Ventures to control what data AI agents can reach
- 4OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.6 with animated GIFs, saved reference images and 50% faster generation
- 5Tencent releases Hy4, its newest AI model, with image understanding, computer use and open weights promised soon
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Verdict, best use, free plan and price — at a glance.
ElevenLabs for the most natural voices, Speechify Studio for volume on a budget, WellSaid for brand-safe English narration.
- Best for
- Choosing a voice tool for videos, courses and podcasts
- Free plan
- Most have a free plan; none of the free plans allow commercial use
- Paid from
- About $6 a month
Cheap, handy rewriting and summarising for everyday writing.
- Best for
- Rewording and polishing writing
- Free plan
- Yes, 100 words per rewrite
- Paid from
- $8.33 a month (yearly)
Best-value no-code automation for multi-step workflows.
- Best for
- Automating work between apps
- Free plan
- Yes, 1,000 credits a month
- Paid from
- $9 a month (yearly)
Lifelike AI presenters and translation into 175+ languages.
- Best for
- Presenter videos and translation
- Free plan
- Yes, 3 short videos a month
- Paid from
- $24 a month (yearly)
Edit talking videos and podcasts by editing the text.
- Best for
- Talking-head videos and podcasts
- Free plan
- Yes, 1 hour a month
- Paid from
- $16 a month (yearly)
The easiest all-round design tool. Pro is good value.
- Best for
- Thumbnails and social graphics
- Free plan
- Yes, generous
- Paid from
- $144 a year
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