OpenAI launches GPT-Realtime-2 and two new voice API models
OpenAI launches GPT-Realtime-2 and two new voice API models

GPT-Realtime-2 brings GPT-5-class reasoning to live voice. A separate translation model covers 70+ input languages. A streaming Whisper variant handles transcription. The pricing is aggressive enough to make the comparison unavoidable. OpenAI released …

OpenAI’s new voice AI can listen, think, and talk back in 70+ languages

OpenAI launched three new audio models that can reason, translate across 70+ languages, and transcribe speech in real time, making voice a genuinely useful interface for developers.

ChatGPT now lets you name someone to check in if things get dark

ChatGPT can now alert someone you trust if things get serious. It is a simple feature, but it might be one of the most human things OpenAI has ever built into its chatbot.

OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API

The new features could be handy for customer service systems, but OpenAI says they have applications that work across a variety of other fields, including education and creator platforms.

OpenAI introduces new ‘Trusted Contact’ safeguard for cases of possible self-harm

The company is expanding its efforts to protect ChatGPT users in cases where conversations may turn to self-harm.

Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster

The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry’s biggest soap opera moment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly ousted from his role at the ChatGPT maker. The explanation? That Altman was “not consistently candid in his communications with the board.” Now, via witness testimony and trial exhibits in Musk v. Altman, the […]

Elon Musk’s lawsuit is putting OpenAI’s safety record under the microscope

Elon Musk’s legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab’s founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence.

ChatGPT’s ‘Trusted Contact’ will alert loved ones of safety concerns
ChatGPT’s ‘Trusted Contact’ will alert loved ones of safety concerns

OpenAI is launching an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that allows adult users to assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns. Friends, family members, or caregivers designated as a “Trusted Contact” will be notified if OpenAI detects that a person may have discussed topics like self-harm or suicide with the chatbot. “Trusted […]

ChatGPT’s latest viral trend turns your photos into terrible MS Paint doodles — and I can’t stop using it

A simple ChatGPT Images 2.0 prompt can transform polished photos into chaotic, scribbly drawings that are both recognizable and charming

Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability

I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone’s minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing? Zilis, who testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk’s children, was… What’s the best way to […]