Whisper
Product#35 trending in AI & Tech this week · most on TBPN
Whisper is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) machine-learning model created by OpenAI for transcribing spoken audio into text and supporting speech translation across multiple languages. It was trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual and multitask supervised data and released as open-source software in September 2022.
Rank this week
Share of the conversation
0.7‰ of what listeners heard
Reach this week
Tone this week
Not enough signal yet (fewer than 3 episodes scored).
Share of the conversation
Mentions of Whisper per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, ai & tech.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 5 | 0.81‰ | 1 |
| Aug 17 | 0.25‰ | 1 |
| Aug 22 | 0.87‰ | 1 |
| Aug 26 | 0.76‰ | 1 |
| Aug 31 | 0.59‰ | 1 |
| Sep 17 | 0.38‰ | 2 |
| Oct 3 | 0.19‰ | 1 |
| Oct 5 | 0.74‰ | 3 |
| Oct 6 | 1.15‰ | 2 |
Why is it trending?· Last 7 days
Whisper appears in debates over voice recognition and local transcription
On TBPN, Jordi Hays argued that the recent Whisper revolution contrasts with slow progress in mainstream voice-recognition software after Nuance focused on medical and enterprise markets.[1][2]
On The WAN Show, Luke Lafreniere praised Open Whisper as a tool for local-only voice-to-text that he had used after forking another tool.[3]
The shows therefore present different angles: TBPN questions the history and diffusion of voice-recognition progress, while The WAN Show highlights practical local use.[1][3]
Sources · 3 moments
- 1.TBPN · AI’s Economic Impact, Warren Buffett Discovers YouTube, Mistral Launches “Le Chonk” | Diet TBPNJordi Hays · Oct 6 · Listen at 16:47 ↗
“Nuance. Very, very talented team over there, which progressively deprioritized the consumer in favor of medical and enterprise markets. If you walk into a hospital today, you will see a lot of doctors and nurses dictating notes even before”
- 2.TBPN · Le Chonk, Buffett Discovers YouTube, The Case Against AI Job Doom | Greg Fleming, TJ Parker, Joowon Kim, Rick Dungey, Dylan Field, Hardik KabariaJordi Hays · Oct 6 · Listen at 23:00 ↗
“Very, very talented team over there, which progressively deprioritized the consumer in favor of medical and enterprise markets. If you walk into a hospital today, you will see a lot of doctors and nurses dictating notes, even before the Whi”
- 3.The WAN Show · AI Ruined The Deal And Gave Away His Address - WAN Show October 2, 2026Luke Lafreniere · Oct 3 · Listen at 31:36 ↗
“I forked a tool and used AI to tailor it to my needs. Open Whisper is great for local-only voice-to-text accessible with blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.”
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