Slator

Google Launches MedASR, an Open Medical Speech-to-Text Model

Google introduces MedASR, an open-weight medical speech-to-text model positioned as a foundational layer for healthcare AI ...
IEEE

Multilingual Meta-Transfer Learning for Low-Resource Speech Recognition

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel meta-transfer learning method to improve automatic speech recognition (ASR) performance in low-resource languages. Nowadays, we are witnessing high interest in ...
IEEE

Enhancing Speech Emotion Recognition With Conditional Emotion Feature Diffusion and Progressive Interleaved Learning Strategy

Abstract: Speech emotion recognition (SER) aims to identify the speaker's emotional states in specific utterances accurately. However, existing methods still face feature confusion when attempting to ...
Charlotte Observer

Trump tries — and fails — to soothe economic woes in rambling NC speech | Opinion

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. President Donald Trump visited North Carolina on Friday on a quest to defend himself ...
CNN

Trump talks about neuroses, selecting chairs and his wife’s underwear drawer in latest affordability speech

President Donald Trump came to North Carolina on Friday to talk about the economy. He ended up explaining how his wife organizes her lingerie drawer. “I think she steams them,” he offered at one point ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Trump makes case for Michael Whatley and addresses economy in Rocky Mount speech

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Here are updates from President Donald Trump’s speech in Rocky Mount on Dec. 19, 2025. President Donald Trump concluded his speech ...
The New York Times

A Tribe Gains Federal Recognition, After a Fight Handed Down Over Generations

The distinction for the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina, signed into law on Thursday, opens access to federal support and defies challenges from other tribes over their legitimacy. By Rick Rojas ...
CNN

Fact check: Trump repeats numerous false claims in prime-time address

Inflation under Trump: Near the end of the speech, Trump falsely claimed, “Inflation is stopped.” Inflation hasn’t stopped; the most recent available year-over-year inflation rate at the time he spoke ...
The New York Times

A Bellicose Trump Points Fingers in Defending His Record on the Economy

In an 18-minute address, President Trump said the economy was booming despite the public’s consistent concerns about prices. Here are six takeaways from the speech. By David E. Sanger David E. Sanger ...
WRAL

NC’s Lumbee closer to long-sought federal recognition after U.S. Senate approves defense bill

North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe is the closest it has ever been to receiving full federal recognition now that a bill — which President Donald Trump has promised to sign — has passed both chambers of ...
Reuters

In holiday speech, Trump highlights victories amid sinking approval ratings

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - In a rare evening address from the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump boasted on Wednesday of his accomplishments and blamed his Democratic predecessor for soaring ...