Hugging Face launches FastRTC to simplify real-time AI voice and video apps
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Summary
AI start-up Hugging Face has launched FastRTC, billed as an answer to the problem of building real-time WebRTC and Websocket applications in Python.
WebRTC enables direct browser-to-browser communication without plugs or downloads and is crucial to the operation of voice assistants and video tools.
Despite its importance, however, few machine learning engineers have the specialised skills needed to implement WebRTC.
FastRTC handles the complex elements of real-time communication, with its key selling point being that it can do this with just a few lines of code.
This will make it significantly easier for companies to implement voice and video AI features, putting them at the forefront of a shift towards more natural, multi-modal interfaces that feel more human.