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OpenAI has released exciting updates for ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode, aimed at creating more natural and engaging user interactions. The primary focus of these updates is to reduce interruptions during conversations, a common issue where the AI would interject during pauses, hindering the flow of natural dialogue. This improvement allows users to take short breaths or think without the AI prematurely responding.
The Advanced Voice Mode is now available to all ChatGPT users with paid plans. Those with the free version of the chatbot will get access to the latest Advanced Voice Mode that enables users to pause without getting interrupted or when they want to speak to the AI assistant. The system requirements include Android app version 1.2024.206 or later, and for iOS, app version 1.2024.206 or later with iOS 16.4 or later. In addition to minimizing interruptions, the update introduces a more personable tone to ChatGPT's voice interactions. The AI is designed to be more specific, direct, creative, and engaging in its replies, making conversations feel less robotic and more human-like. These changes come amid competition from other companies launching similar AI voice assistants, such as Sesame's new tool, Maya and Miles. Recommended read:
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Maria Deutscher@SiliconANGLE
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OpenAI has officially rolled out native image generation capabilities within ChatGPT, powered by its GPT-4o model. This significant upgrade replaces the previous DALL-E integration, aiming for more consistent results, fewer content restrictions and improved accuracy in interpreting user prompts. The new feature is available to all ChatGPT users, including those on the free tier, with API access for developers planned in the near future.
The integration of image generation into GPT-4o allows users to create detailed and lifelike visuals through natural conversation, making it easier to communicate effectively through visuals. GPT-4o can accurately render text within images, supports complex prompts with up to 20 different objects, and can generate images based on uploaded references. Users can refine their results through natural conversation, with the AI maintaining context across multiple exchanges - making it easier to iteratively perfect an image through dialogue. Early testing shows the system produces more consistent images than DALL-E 3. Recommended read:
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Chris McKay@Maginative
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OpenAI has recently unveiled new audio models based on GPT-4o, significantly enhancing its text-to-speech and speech-to-text capabilities. These new tools are intended to give AI agents a voice, enabling a range of applications, with demonstrations including the ability for an AI to read emails in character. The announcement includes the introduction of new transcription models, specifically gpt-4o-transcribe and gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, which are designed to outperform the existing Whisper model.
The text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools are based on GPT-4o. While these models show promise, some experts have noted potential vulnerabilities. Like other large language model (LLM)-driven multi-modal models, they appear susceptible to prompt-injection-adjacent issues, stemming from the mixing of instructions and data within the same token stream. OpenAI hinted it may take a similar path with video. Recommended read:
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OpenAI's GPT-4o has introduced a new image generation feature, allowing users to transform images into various art styles, including the distinctive look of Studio Ghibli. This built-in tool, accessible to all ChatGPT users since late March 2025, enables the conversion of personal photos, memes, and historical images into animated versions reminiscent of films like "Spirited Away" and "My Neighbor Totoro." The trend quickly gained popularity, with users sharing their creations on platforms like X/Twitter.
The rise of Ghibli-style AI art has stirred both excitement and ethical debates. While many users have enjoyed reimagining familiar images in the iconic animation style, concerns about AI's use of copyrighted creative works and its impact on human artists have surfaced. Hayao Miyazaki, known for his traditional hand-drawn animation, has expressed reservations about AI's role in the industry. Despite these concerns, OpenAI has largely embraced the trend, even incorporating measures to prevent direct imitation of living artists' styles. Recommended read:
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Emilia David@AI News | VentureBeat
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OpenAI is enhancing GPT-4o with improved instruction following and problem-solving capabilities. The company has updated GPT-4o to better handle detailed instructions, especially when processing multi-task prompts, thus improving performance and intuition. This model can be accessed by subscribers through the API as "chatgpt-4o-latest" and in ChatGPT.
OpenAI has announced its support for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open-source standard designed to streamline the integration between AI assistants and various data systems. With MCP, AI models can connect directly to systems where data lives, eliminating the need for custom integrations and allowing real-time access to business tools and repositories. OpenAI will integrate MCP support into its Agents SDK immediately, with the ChatGPT desktop app and Responses API following soon. This protocol aims to create a unified framework for AI applications to access and utilize external data sources. ChatGPT Team users can now add internal databases as references, allowing the platform to respond with improved contextual awareness. By connecting internal knowledge bases, ChatGPT Team could become more invaluable to users who ask the platform strategy questions or for analysis. This allows users to perform semantic searches of their data, link directly to internal sources in responses, and ensure ChatGPT understands internal company lingo. Recommended read:
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Matthias Bastian@THE DECODER
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OpenAI has released another update to its GPT-4o model in ChatGPT, delivering enhanced instruction following capabilities, particularly for prompts with multiple requests. This improvement is a significant upgrade which has also allowed it to acheive second place on the LM Arena leaderboard, only being beaten by Gemini 2.5. The update also boasts improved capabilities in handling complex technical and coding problems, alongside enhanced intuition and creativity, with the added benefit of fewer emojis in its responses.
This update, referred to as chatgpt-4o-latest, is also now available in their API, and also gives access to the model used for ChatGPT. This version is priced higher at $5/million input and $15/million output compared to the regular GPT-4o, which is priced at $2.50/$10. OpenAI plans to bring these improvements to a dated model in the API in the coming weeks, and although they released the update on Twitter, users have complained that a more suitable place for this announcement would be the OpenAI Platform Changelog. Recommended read:
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Recent studies have shown that AI models are reaching new heights in research capabilities. Three case studies, leveraging GPT-4o, OpenAI o1, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet, demonstrate that these models are now capable of conducting historical research at a PhD level. This represents a significant milestone in AI's ability to reliably analyze and interpret complex data, opening new possibilities for researchers and professionals across various domains. Benjamin Breen of Res Obscura, highlighted the implications of these advancements and how they could lead to breakthroughs, especially in fields such as biology, physics, and medicine.
OpenAI has also announced a new AI agent called Deep Research, specifically designed to assist users with in-depth and complex research tasks. Available to ChatGPT Pro subscribers with a limit of 100 queries per month, Deep Research aims to streamline the process of gathering and analyzing information from multiple sources. This new feature targets professionals in finance, science, policy, and engineering, as well as individuals making significant purchases requiring thorough research. Future plans include expanding access to Plus and Team users, increasing query limits, and incorporating multimedia outputs like images and data visualizations. Additionally, OpenAI intends to enable connectivity to specialized data sources, including subscription-based and internal resources, to further enhance the robustness and personalization of its output. Recommended read:
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