OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it is postponing the release of its “Voice Mode” feature to July due to technical issues.
Originally slated for a late June rollout to a small group of ChatGPT Plus users, the release has been delayed to meet the company’s launch standards.
“We’re improving the model’s ability to detect and refuse certain content. We’re also working on enhancing the user experience and preparing our infrastructure to scale to millions while maintaining real-time responses,” OpenAI said in a post on the social media platform X.
The “Voice Mode” feature will initially be available to a small group of users for feedback collection and will be rolled out to all Plus users in the fall, pending safety and reliability checks.
In addition to “Voice Mode,” OpenAI is developing new video and screen-sharing capabilities. In May, the company announced its upcoming AI model, GPT-4o, which promises realistic voice conversations and interaction across text and image. This advancement aims to keep OpenAI at the forefront of the emerging AI technology race.
The new audio features will allow users to converse with ChatGPT in real time, with the ability to interrupt the AI mid-sentence—both essential elements of realistic conversations that have posed challenges for AI voice assistants.
