The new model aims to address two particular problems with the existing ChatGPT voice mode. Firstly, the previous version just wasn\u2019t as smart as the text version of ChatGPT. Secondly, it tended to interrupt too much. You notice this especially if you go quiet while you\u2019re thinking of a reply \u2014 ChatGPT will often fill the gap by talking.<\/p>\n
Latest Videos From To get around the intelligence problem, the new model actually delegates harder questions to ChatGPT-5.5, then comes back with an answer. It will say things like \u201clet me just check that for you\u201d to let you know it\u2019s doing this, which keeps the flow of conversation feeling natural and doesn\u2019t make it seem like you have to wait too long for an answer.<\/p>\n It does the same thing with any answer it needs to look up on the web. So, for example, if you asked it when your team\u2019s next match was in the World Cup, it would say something like \u201cOK, let me check that\u201d while looking it up using GPT-5.5, then give you the answer.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n “Hey Chat”<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: OpenAI)<\/p>\n OpenAI also demonstrated how the new ChatGPT voice mode is quite happy to stop talking and listen if you tell it to, without interrupting. You can simply ask it not to reply until you speak to it directly again, and it will wait.<\/p>\n Of course, this requires you to call it a name, which it doesn\u2019t officially have. In the demonstration I saw, the OpenAI employee called it \u201cChat\u201d, so he said \u201cHey Chat\u201d, just like you would say \u201cHey Siri\u201d. In practice that seems to work quite well.<\/p>\n Simultaneous translation<\/p>\n The final new feature of note is simultaneous translation. If you watch world leaders being briefed at places like the United Nations, you\u2019ll see that they have an earpiece through which they receive a simultaneous translation in their own language of whatever the speaker is saying.<\/p>\n Now you can do this with ChatGPT. Say \u201cI\u2019d like you to simultaneously translate whatever I\u2019m saying into [language]\u201d, then start talking, and ChatGPT will provide a live translation as you speak. Seeing this in action was actually quite impressive and I could imagine it being very handy in several real world situations.<\/p>\n All major languages appear to be supported as well.<\/p>\n The future for AI<\/p>\n The new GPT-Live-1 models \u2014 there are two, the normal one and a mini version \u2014 will start rolling out for all users immediately, but it could take a few days to reach everybody. The smaller GPT-Live-1 mini model will be the default for Free users, while paid users get the full GPT-Live-1 model.<\/p>\n So far, ChatGPT\u2019s voice mode has been a handy tool for when you need to use your hands for something and can\u2019t type, but it\u2019s never been good enough to become the standard way you interact with ChatGPT. Now it looks like OpenAI is trying to unlock the ability to use voice as the primary interface to AI, and it\u2019s quite possible that this is the future OpenAI is aiming for. Today I think we’ve all just taken a step closer to it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n <\/a><\/p>\n Follow TechRadar on Google News<\/a> and add us as a preferred source<\/a> to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ChatGPT\u2019s new voice mode is rolling out today to everybody, even Free usersIt allows for much more natural…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-681692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\"){kind=logo}
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