Serving Voice AI at $1/hr: Open-source, LoRAs, Latency, Load Balancing - Neil Dwyer, Gabber
This talk details the experience of hosting an open-source voice AI model, Orpheus, for real-time consumer applications. The core challenge addressed is achieving low latency and high fidelity voice generation at a cost viable for widespread consumer use, which often requires near-free operation. The presentation highlights the technical hurdles in serving these models efficiently and presents solutions involving model fine-tuning, optimized infrastructure, and load balancing.
World's Fair 2025 16 min