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OpenAI GPT-Live-1 Lets AI Listen and Speak at the Same Time

OpenAI’s new voice model takes situational awareness further for back-and-forth, real-time conversation. Image: Screenshot from OpenAI

OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1 adds full-duplex voice, faster turn-taking, and tool use for developers building real-time AI agents and customer workflows.

Sep 15, 2026

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AI voice assistants are getting closer to real conversation.

OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1, now available to developers through its API, can listen and speak at the same time, allowing voice agents to handle interruptions, pauses, and changing directions without relying on a strict listen-then-answer pattern.

That matters for businesses building customer-service, sales, and support agents because the voice layer can stay conversational while connected models and backend tools handle more complex work.

That gives developers a way to build voice agents with...

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