On Monday, OpenAI released an update to Advanced Voice Mode, an AI voice feature that allows for real-time conversations in ChatGPT to make the AI assistant more personalized and less likely to interrupt users.
Manuka Stratta, a trained OpenAI researcher, announced the changes in a video posted on Monday on the company’s official social media channels.
OpenAI’s latest update aims to address a common problem with AI voice assistants that interrupt users when they pause to think or take a deep breath.
Free ChatGPT users now have access to a new version of the enhanced voice mode, which allows users to pause without interrupting the conversation with the AI assistant. Paid ChatGPT users, including OpenAI Plus, Teams, Edu, Business, and Pro subscribers, will now also benefit from less frequent interruptions when using the extended voice mode, as well as improved voice assistant personality.
An OpenAI spokesperson told TechCrunch that the new AI voice assistant for paid users is “more direct, engaging, concise, specific, and creative in its responses.”
