The update also adds new voices. Shortly after the release of GPT-4o, OpenAI was criticized for the similarity between the female voice in its demo videos, called Sky, and that of Scarlett Johansson, who played an AI love interest in the film. HisOpenAI has removed the voice and has now released five new voices, named Arbor, Maple, Sol, Spruce, and Vale, which will be available in both standard and advanced voice modes. MIT Technology Review You haven’t heard them yet, but OpenAI says they were created with professional voice actors from around the world. “We interviewed dozens of actors to find those with the voice qualities we think people will enjoy talking to for hours: warm, approachable, curious, rich in texture and tone,” a company spokesperson says.
Who can access it and when?
For now, OpenAI is rolling out access to Advanced Voice Mode to Plus users, who pay $20 per month for a premium version, and Team users, who pay $30 per month and have higher message limits. The next group to receive access will be those in the Enterprise and Edu tiers. The exact timing is vague, though; an OpenAI spokesperson says the company will “gradually roll out access to all Plus and Team users and roll it out to the Enterprise and Edu tiers starting next week.” The company hasn’t committed to a firm timeline for when all users in these categories will have access. A message in the ChatGPT app states that all Plus users will have access by “late fall.”
There are geographical limitations. The new feature is not yet available in the EU, UK, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway or Liechtenstein.
There are no immediate plans to release Advanced Voice Mode for free users. (Standard mode remains available to all paid users.)
