KittenTTS is an open-source, ultra-lightweight, and high-quality text-to-speech model featuring just 15 million parameters and a binary size under 25 MB. It is designed for real-time CPU-based deployment across diverse platforms. Ultra-lightweight, model size less than 25MB. CPU-optimized, runs without GPU on any device. High-quality voices, several premium voice options available. Fast inference, optimized for real-time speech synthesis.
...The repository provides a complete workflow where you train or fine-tune conversational models in Python, then export them into a format that can be executed on classic Z80 systems. A key deliverable is producing CP/M-compatible .COM binaries, enabling a genuinely vintage “chat with your computer” experience on real hardware or accurate emulators. The project sits at the intersection of machine learning and systems constraints, showing how model architecture, quantization, and inference code generation can be adapted to extreme memory and compute limits. ...
High-Fidelity and Controllable Generation of Textured 3D Assets
Step1X-3D is an open-source framework for generating high-fidelity textured 3D assets from scratch — both their geometry and surface textures — using modern generative AI techniques. It combines a hybrid architecture: a geometry generation stage using a VAE-DiT model to output a watertight 3D representation (e.g. TSDF surface), and a texture synthesis stage that conditions on geometry and optionally reference input (or prompts) to produce view-consistent textures using a diffusion-based...