From the silent, suspenseful hum of a predator in the shadows to the piercing shriek of an impending apocalypse, a video game ...

The BBC's vast sound effects library is open to the public. Thousands of clips can be downloaded for free, and people have been pulling out all kinds of weird sounds. NPR's Chloe Veltman did, too.

Weeks after AI voice startup ElevenLabs launched its Sound Effects text-to-sound AI offering, the company is releasing an open-source tool to showcase its potential. In “about 15 seconds ...