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OpenAI’s new GPT-Live lets ChatGPT listen and speak at the same time

OpenAI wants you to talk to ChatGPT, not type at it. On 8 July it launched GPT-Live, a new generation of voice models. The company says they make talking to AI feel much closer to a real conversation. Two versions, GPT-Live-1 and a smaller GPT-Live-1 mini, reach ChatGPT users worldwide from today.

The headline change sits in the architecture. GPT-Live runs “full-duplex,” so it can listen and speak at once. It can drop in an “mhmm” or a “got it,” trade quick back-and-forth, or wait while you think. Older voice modes had to wait for you to stop talking first. That often left them cutting in at the wrong moment.

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The second shift is delegation. When a question needs a web search or harder reasoning, GPT-Live hands it to a stronger model in the background. That model is GPT-5.5 at launch. GPT-Live keeps...

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Google’s deepfake detector system used to debunk McConnell hoax pic

In Brief 1:37 PM PDT · July 8, 2026 Google’s SynthID system has been used to debunk a high-profile AI-generated hoax image, in a rare but significant win for the system. Earlier this week, a picture circulated online that seemed to show Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell covered in tubes

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Building an AI Agent for Oracle HCM Journeys: What I Learned Along the Way

Some areas in Oracle are configured once and rarely touched again. Journeys are not one of those areas. They may require regular updates and additions as the organization grows, and when those needs come up, HR teams can often feel lost on where to start. That is what led me

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The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement

On Wednesday, the US Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with tractor manufacturer John Deere over a 2025 lawsuit that accused the company of behavior that “unlawfully acquired and maintained monopoly power in markets for repair services for Deere farm equipment.” The full statement lays out obligations for John Deere’

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With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing

The race to produce more chips is on, and Europe is in. ASML, the Dutch company that has a near-monopoly on manufacturing the machines used for chipmaking, may soon no longer be an isolated success story. Like its U.S. counterpart, the European Chips Act aims to foster the semiconductor

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