ChatGPT’s upgraded voice mode is better at shutting up
OpenAI is overhauling ChatGPT’s voice mode with a new model that it says is more like “talking to another person.” The new GPT-Live-1 is designed to interrupt you less and will also wait for you to continue speaking if you pause mid-conversation.
During a press briefing, OpenAI researcher lead Kundan Kumar called GPT-Live-1 the company’s “smartest voice model” yet. It will automatically pass your queries to its best text models, like GPT-5.5, when it needs to reason or search the web, allowing it to more quickly transition from researching the topic you’ve asked about to talking about its findings. The upgraded model will also supplement conversations about the weather, stocks, and sports with AI-generated visuals showing relevant information like sports scores or this week’s forecast.
ChatGPT previously relied on an older, turn-based voice model, which didn’t always produce accurate answers and sometimes struggled to maintain a natural conversational flow. “This...
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