ChatGPT is developing into much more than a text-based search engine, as it is incorporating new speech and image-based smarts into the mix. The announcement was disclosed today by OpenAI.
Since its release about nine months ago, the generative AI assistant has been one of the largest technology success stories of recent times.
It enables anyone to write essays, poetry, and summaries from easy text-based prompts. However, ChatGPT is set to become much more involved now that users will be able to speak with the chatbot over the phone.
Monday’s announcement coincides with Amazon’s pledge to invest up to $4 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic.
This action is a part of a larger competition between global tech giants in generative AI, in which Google is attempting to catch up with its Bard chatbot, Meta is embracing a strong open-source ethos to give it an advantage, and Microsoft is closely aligning itself with OpenAI.
