ChatGPT rolls out voice asssistant

OpenAI is rolling out a highly anticipated new voice assistant to all paid users of its chatbot ChatGPT, following its initial announcement of the feature at a product launch event.

The San Francisco-based startup announced on Tuesday that it has begun introducing the feature, called advanced voice mode, to ChatGPT Plus subscribers and users of its ChatGPT Team service tailored for businesses.

Enterprise and Edu paid users are scheduled to gain access to the feature starting next week. The voice product was initially previewed in May, showcasing its ability to provide spoken responses to written and visual prompts from users.

However, the launch of the voice feature was postponed in the subsequent month as OpenAI worked on addressing potential safety concerns.

In July, the company gradually introduced the feature to a select group of its ChatGPT Plus customers. Additionally, OpenAI clarified that the product is not designed to mimic the speech patterns of specific individuals.

OpenAI stated that it has implemented new filters to identify and reject certain requests related to generating copyrighted audio content, such as music.

Despite these updates, the new voice assistant currently does not offer all the functionalities demonstrated during the initial presentation.

For instance, the chatbot does not currently support a computer-vision feature that would enable it to provide verbal feedback on a user’s dance performance based on their smartphone camera input.

As part of the broader rollout, OpenAI has introduced five new voices to the feature, expanding the total available voice options to nine. These new voices are named with enigmatic, arboreal terms like arbor, spruce, and maple.

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