ChatGPT has conveniently distracted us from OpenAI‘s boardroom drama, which has simply seen Sam Altman return to the company as CEO, by making its Voice chat characteristic out there to all free customers.
The AI chatbot acquired its impressively conversational voice powers in September, however this characteristic was restricted to the paid Plus and Enterprise tiers. However now OpenAI, which is searching for a shiny object to take eyes away from its recent meltdown, has made ‘ChatGPT with voice’ out there to all customers.
To make use of it, you simply want the newest model of ChatGPT’s iOS or Android app. Faucet on the headphones icon on the backside of the display and you can begin quizzing the chatbot about something you want – so long as your query is not about latest occasions, like OpenAI’s CEO merry-go-round.
That is as a result of the GPT-3.5 mannequin that is out there to free customers has solely been skilled on information going as much as January 2022. So while you ask it, for instance, ‘Why was Sam Altman fired from OpenAI?’, it solutions that there are “no public experiences or indications” of this occurring. How handy.
Nonetheless, in the event you’re searching for a voice assistant that is a bit chattier and extra educated than the likes of Apple‘s Siri, then the ChatGPT voice operate is a enjoyable new software (assuming the service hasn’t gone down, prefer it did at round 2pm PT / 10pm GMT yesterday).
You may select from 5 completely different voices and your chats (however not the audio clips) are saved identical to your text-based conversations. It will additionally auto-detect languages, although you can too select this within the Settings menu.
A Siri substitute?
Given it is now attainable to use ChatGPT with Siri, the arrival of voice powers on the chatbot’s free model is a doubtlessly huge deal. That is significantly the case for house owners of the iPhone 15 Pro, who can map ChatGPT to the brand new Motion button (by going to Settings > Motion Button > Shortcut).
Siri and ChatGPT nonetheless have notable variations although. For instance, Siri is deeply built-in with the iPhone, permitting it to carry out actions like setting timers and controlling your cellphone’s quantity.
However ChatGPT’s depth of data and extra conversational fashion is arguably higher in the case of basic data questions – so long as you are conscious of its propensity to hallucinate.
It is actually a enjoyable, free characteristic to play with and can little doubt take among the consideration off OpenAI’s Succession-like boardroom tussles, which may in the end have a huge impact on how the AI chatbot tussle performs out in 2024.
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