OpenAI launches advanced voice mode this fall after delayed rollout

OpenAI is all set to launch its new voice mode feature for ChatGPT Plus subscribers this fall.

Earlier in May, OpenAI showcased this new update at its GPT-4o launch event.

This premium feature is more fun and exciting as compared to the current voice mode. The employees are allowed to interrupt and ask the chatbot to tell a story in various ways, The Verge reported.

Additionally, it is able to sense and respond to humour, sarcasm, and more. The new model does not need to convert your speech to text and back again as the current ChatGPT voice does, leading to lower latency interactions, MacRumors reported.

Moreover, the advanced mode was scheduled to release in late June, but the company delayed the rollout by one month.

“Improving the model’s ability to detect and refuse certain content,” OpenAI said.

As per OpenAI spokesperson Taya Christianson, the company tested the model with more than 100 external red teamers (people who try to attack technologies to find weak zones).

“OpenAI has also added new filters that will recognise and block certain requests to generate music or other copyrighted audio,” Christianson said.

Nevertheless, the AI company’s voice mode is under scrutiny for sounding similar to Scarlett Johansson. In this respect, the launch was delayed for security reasons.

The onstage voice, dubbed “Sky,” sounded like Johansson, who played an AI personality in the movie Her.

In response, the spokesperson said that ChatGPT’s new version will only use four preset voices made with voice actors.

“We’ve made it so that ChatGPT cannot impersonate other people’s voices, both individuals and public figures, and will block outputs that differ from one of these preset voices,” Christianson responded.

The OpenAI is set to launch its new model to all ChatGPT Plus users in the fall, sources reported.