OpenAIhas releaseda new version ofits chatbot that can talk to people.

ChatGPT now has the ability to “see, hear, and speak.”

The bot can understand spoken language, reply using a synthetic voice, and analyze images.

A programmer using an AI chatbot to generate software code.

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Users can pick from five different robot voices for the chatbot to use.

OpenAI has acknowledged the risk of this feature being used for impersonation or fraudulent activities.

“I expect a rapid leap forward in smart assistants as they incorporate generative AI technology.”

A 3D graphic of a brain indicating artificial intelligence.

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I expect a rapid leap forward in smart assistants as they incorporate generative AI technology.

ChatGPT’s voice feature could be useful for children, Callison-Burch suggested.

He said hischildren used Amazon Alexato search the internet.

“My kids asked Alexa science questions like, ‘How many teeth do snails have?’

or ‘Can turtles breathe through their butts?’

and quizzed it about Pokemon,” he added.

Callison-Burch said he has had early access to GPT-4-Vision and found it “incredibly impressive.”

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