This announcement comes as Amazon invests up to $4 billion in OpenAI's rival, Anthropic. This is part of a larger generative AI competition among tech giants, including Google, Meta, and Microsoft. Spotify was also revealed as a launch partner, introducing a feature that allows podcasters to translate their shows into different languages while retaining their original voice. However, OpenAI is being cautious with this technology due to potential misuse.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI is enhancing its generative AI assistant, ChatGPT, with new voice and image-based capabilities, allowing users to have voice conversations and search for answers using images.
- The voice feature is powered by a new text-to-speech model that can generate human-like voices from text and a few seconds of sampled speech, with OpenAI collaborating with voice actors to create five different voices.
- Spotify is a launch partner, introducing a feature for podcasters that allows them to sample their voice and translate their shows from English into Spanish, French, or German while retaining their original voice.
- The new features will start rolling out to paying Plus and Enterprise subscribers in the coming two weeks, with voice features being limited to the ChatGPT Android and iOS apps on an opt-in beta basis initially, while image search will be available on all platforms by default.