Chinese scientists have successfully cloned six super high-yield dairy goats in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, marking the country's first successful batch cloning of such animals and a major breakthrough in dairy goat breeding technology. The cloning project was led by a research team from the Northwest A&F University. The cloned goats, four males and two females, were bred from elite high-yield Saanen donors with an average annual milk yield exceeding 2,800 kilograms, Wang Xiaolong, head of the research team, said on Thursday. #ChinaTech#

NEWS: xAI has launched a "Custom Voices" feature that allows users to clone a voice from a 120-second audio sample, enabling the creation of usable voice clones for use across the company's text-to-speech and voice agent APIs. The feature includes several key capabilities: Voice Cloning: Users can create a custom voice from a single reference clip up to 120 seconds long. Security: A two-step verification process uses a passphrase and voice characteristic comparison to prevent unauthorized cloning. Integration: Cloned voices can be used across all voice APIs, including the "Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0" model used for Starlink support. Voice Library: The xAI console includes over 80 preinstalled voices across 28 languages. The feature is currently available in the United States, with the exception of Illinois.