News Summary

OpenAI has announced significant updates to its ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode, aimed at making the AI voice assistant more personable and minimizing interruptions during conversations. This update, revealed by OpenAI post-training researcher Manuka Stratta, allows users to pause without being interrupted and improves the assistant’s personality to be more direct, engaging, concise, and creative. The enhancements are available to both free and paying users of ChatGPT, including those subscribed to Plus, Teams, Edu, Business, and Pro tiers. These improvements come as OpenAI faces competition from other AI voice assistant developers, such as the Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup Sesame and tech giant Amazon.