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The creation of realistic 3D models has always been a challenge for designers, requiring meticulous attention to detail in texturing and material application. In recent years, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced transformative methods that enhance realism and simplify the process. Among its applications, AI-generated textures and materials stand out for their ability to mimic intricate natural and synthetic surfaces, making it easier to produce photorealistic visuals.

Generative AI has become the easiest demo in tech history, but one of the hardest products to operationalise. Walk into any startup pitch meeting, and you'll witness something remarkable: entrepreneurs can now showcase seemingly revolutionary AI capabilities in minutes. A few prompts to GPT-4, some impressive outputs from Midjourney, or a quick code generation session with GitHub Copilot, and investors are nodding appreciatively. The wow factor is instant, the potential appears limitless, and the competitive advantage seems obvious.

Since Google researchers introduced the Transformer architecture in Attention Is All You Need in 2017, language models have become dramatically better at processing and generating text. After ChatGPT's public release in late 2022, the ambition around voice systems expanded quickly. Meeting software, clinical scribes, speech-infrastructure companies, and voice-agent startups all began chasing a larger idea: spoken conversation could become structured, searchable, and actionable.