OpenAI just showed off ChatGPT-4o, which includes a lifelike voice assistant.
It can speak with emotion and speak conversationally.
Meanwhile, Apple’s Siri is far less capable at complex tasks.
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ChatGPT-4o, as they’re calling it, speaks in a conversational way with lots of emotion — and you don’t need to use “wake words” or precise commands like “Hey Siri!” as you do with Apple’s assistant.
Another leap forward for the buzzy ChatGPT comes as Siri and Amazon’s Alexa are stuck in neutral.
On Monday, Open AI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati showed off ChatGPT-4o’s new voice mode, which is a voice chat assistant.
It’s supposed to be able to have a natural back-and-forth conversation with you. (Though, OK, to be fair, the only part of ChatGPT-4o we’ve actually seen has been in a highly controlled public demo, so we’ll see what it’s actually like IRL.)
The comparisons to the female voice assistant from the movie “Her” were so obvious even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted about it.
The voice chat assistant has a female voice (unclear if there are options to change this) and is capable of speaking with emotion — it can feign excitement, friendliness, or even sarcasm.
Meanwhile, Apple executives must be seething with jealousy. Last week, The New York Times reported that after testing out ChatGPT last year, top Apple executives ordered a massive revamp of Apple’s Siri.