Runpod Blog.

Runpod's new Faster-Whisper endpoint delivers 2–4x faster transcription speeds than the original Whisper API—at a fraction of the cost. Perfect for podcasts, interviews, and multilingual speech recognition.

Want a custom spin on Stable Diffusion? This post shows you how to create and launch your own Vlad Diffusion template inside RunPod.

Oobabooga has a 2048-token context limit, but with the Long Term Memory extension, you can store and retrieve relevant memories across conversations. This guide shows how to install the plugin, use the Character panel for persistent memory, and work around current context limitations.

Learn how to install and use Bark AI on Runpod to generate realistic, expressive synthetic voices for narration, videos, or voiceover projects—no voice cloning required.

Learn how to deploy any Hugging Face Space on Runpod using Docker, including an example with Kokoro TTS and Gradio.

If you're using the Automatic1111 Stable Diffusion repo as an API layer, startup speed matters. This post explains two key Docker-level optimizations—caching Hugging Face files and precomputing model hashes—to reduce cold start time in serverless environments.

Pygmalion 7b and Metharme 7b significantly improve on the creative writing capabilities of Pygmalion 6b. This post walks through model comparisons and how to deploy them on Runpod with the Oobabooga template.