People are doing wild things with new ChatGPT Voice Mode | Digital ...
ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode arrived on Tuesday for a select few OpenAI subscribers chosen to be part of the highly anticipated feature’s alpha release. The feature was first announced back in May. It is designed to do away with the conventional text-based context window and instead converse using natural, spoken words, delivered in a lifelike manner. It works in a variety of regional accents and languages. According to OpenAI, Advanced Voice, “offers more natural, real-time conversations, allows you to interrupt anytime, and senses and responds to your emotions.”
Limitations of Advanced Voice Mode
There are some limitations to what users can ask Voice Mode to do. The system will speak in one of four preset voices and is not capable of impersonating other people’s voices — either individuals or public figures. In fact, the feature will outright block outputs that differ from the four presets. The system will not generate copyrighted audio or generate music. So of course, the first thing someone did was to have it beatbox.
Creating Background Sound Effects
While Advanced Voice is prohibited from creating songs wholesale, it can generate background sound effects for the bedtime stories it recites. In the example above from Kesku, the AI adds well-timed crashes and slams to its tale of a rogue cyborg after being asked to, “Tell me an exciting action thriller story with sci-fi elements and create atmosphere by making appropriate noises of the things happening (e.g: A storm howling loudly).”
Realistic Characters and Emoting
The AI is also capable of creating realistic characters on the spot, as Sutin’s example above demonstrates. The new feature sounds so lifelike in part because it is capable of emoting as a human would.
Languages and Animal Sounds
The AI’s vocal talents don’t stop at human languages. In the example above, Advanced Voice is told to make cat sounds, and does so with unerring accuracy. Users can also ask the AI questions about their biological feline friends and receive personalized tips and advice in real time.
Utilizing Device's Camera for Translation
Advanced Voice can also leverage your device’s camera to aid in its translation efforts. In the example above, user Manuel Sainsily points his phone at a GameBoy Advanced running a Japanese-language version of a Pokémon game, and has the AI read the onscreen dialog as he plays. The company notes that video and screen sharing won’t be part of the alpha release but will be available at a later date.
Expanding Features
OpenAI plans to expand the alpha release to additional Plus subscribers “over the next few weeks” and will bring it to all Plus users “in the fall.”
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