It’s been a few days since OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT’s new superior voice mode, and the small group of ChatGPT Plus subscribers given entry to it appear fairly impressed thus far. Numerous clips of the characteristic in motion have appeared on-line, demonstrating its skill to sing, imitate accents, right language pronunciation, and carry out narrative storytelling.
An instance of the latter may be seen within the beneath movies, through which X consumer @nickfloats asks ChatGPT to “inform me a narrative as if you happen to’re an airline pilot telling it to passengers on a flight.” The chatbot jumps into motion barely a second later, and even alters the audio to sound extra prefer it’s coming from an intercom. ChatGPT struggled to accommodate extra complicated requests like layering on engine sounds, however the voice itself is obvious and emotive and ChatGPT handles consumer interruptions effectively.
In a dialog uploaded to YouTube, ChatGPT says it could actually deal with inputs in “dozens of languages,” however the precise quantity can range “relying on the way you rely dialects and regional variations.” One clip demonstrates the chatbot’s skill to right the pronunciation of French phrases, giving particular tips about adjusting inflection. One other language demo exhibits ChatGPT talking Turkish after following an in depth request to inform an emotive story. Whereas some Turkish X customers famous that the accent didn’t sound native, it was in a position to full the story request and react appropriately by laughing and crying at sure factors.
A couple of completely different male and female-sounding voices have been current throughout these demonstrations, although these notably don’t embrace the Scarlett Johansson-like “Sky” voice that was pulled from the service in Could.
As for anybody who feels neglected of those enjoyable demonstrations, OpenAI spokesperson Taya Christianson informed The Verge that superior voice mode shall be accessible to all ChatGPT Plus subscribers (which prices $20 monthly) someday this fall.
