OpenAI launches GPT-Live, a full-duplex voice upgrade that lets ChatGPT talk more like a person

OpenAI on Wednesday launched GPT-Live, a pair of new voice models that fundamentally redesign how people talk to ChatGPT — replacing the company's existing Advanced Voice Mode with an architect [...]

Scale AI launches Voice Showdown, the first real-world benchmark for voice AI — and the results are humbling for some top models

Voice AI is moving faster than the tools we use to measure it. Every major AI lab — OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, xAI — is racing to ship voice models capable of natural, real-time conversat [...]

Mistral AI just released a text-to-speech model it says beats ElevenLabs — and it's giving away the weights for free

The enterprise voice AI market is in the middle of a land grab. ElevenLabs and IBM announced a collaboration just this week to bring premium voice capabilities into IBM's watsonx Orchestrate plat [...]

How to talk to ChatGPT on your phone

ChatGPT has had support for voice conversations since the end of 2023, but if you’re new to OpenAI’s chatbot, figuring out how to converse with it can be tricky since there are a couple of ways to [...]

Ask Engadget: How do I answer calls on my iPhone with only my voice?

Last August, my best friend asked me how she could help her neighbor set her iPhone so she could answer it without picking it up. The neighbor had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and had lost dexterity in bo [...]

The enterprise voice AI split: Why architecture — not model quality — defines your compliance posture

For the past year, enterprise decision-makers have faced a rigid architectural trade-off in voice AI: adopt a "Native" speech-to-speech (S2S) model for speed and emotional fidelity, or stick [...]

Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations have a deployment problem, not a platform problem — and most are calling chatbots agents

Across 101 enterprises, agent orchestration is consolidating onto model-provider platforms — Anthropic’s Claude leads by a wide margin — chosen for the gravity of the underlying model and judged [...]

Microsoft launches 'Hey Copilot' voice assistant and autonomous agents for all Windows 11 PCs

Microsoft is fundamentally reimagining how people interact with their computers, announcing Thursday a sweeping transformation of Windows 11 that brings voice-activated AI assistants, autonomous softw [...]

OpenAI unveils Presence, a new platform that lets enterprises launch and manage realtime voice agents and chatbots

OpenAI has announced Presence, a new enterprise product for deploying and managing AI agents across customer-facing and internal business workflows. The offering is designed for eligible enterprise cu [...]