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KAME: Tandem Architecture for Enhancing Knowledge in Real-Time Speech-to-Speech Conversational AI

Sakana AI introduces KAME, a tandem architecture for real-time speech-to-speech conversational AI that uses a fast speech model and an asynchronous backend LLM to enable 'speak while thinking'.

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We’re excited to introduce KAME: Tandem Architecture for Enhancing Knowledge in Real-Time Speech-to-Speech Conversational AI, accepted at ICASSP2026!

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28 Apr 2026 15:00 UTC

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28 Aug 2026 21:48 UTC (+122d after)