Everybody gets 10 minutes a month to talk to ChatGPT on their phone, and you can try it right now

Date:
Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:50:33 +0000

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ChatGPT has rolled Advanced Voice mode to Free users for 10 minutes a month.

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OpenAI has decided to grant all ChatGPT users on its Free tier a 10-minute-a-month preview of its Advanced Voice mode , and if youve got the ChatGPT app on your phone you can try it right now.

Usually only available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, Advanced Voice mode gives you the ability to talk to ChatGPT on your smartphone and get it to talk back to you in a voice of your choosing. You can ask it pretty much anything
within reason and get a human-like response. In many ways, its the natural evolution of the chatbot into something that feels even more futuristic. So long, Scarlett

It feels like we're now a long way from the launch of ChatGPT Advanced Voice mode, back in May this year, when the actress Scarlett Johansson went to war with OpenAI over the use of its voice called Sky, which sounded very much
like her voice from the movie Her, in which she played an AI-powered assistant.

OpenAI denied claims that it had copied her voice. A statement from CEO, Sam Altman, on May 20, 2024 read: The voice of Sky is not Scarlett Johansson's, and it was never intended to resemble hers. We cast the voice actor behind Skys voice before any outreach to Ms. Johansson. Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused using Skys voice in our products. We are sorry to Ms. Johansson that we didnt communicate better.

Even though your time is limited, you get access to all the features of Advanced Voice mode for those 10 glorious minutes, including the ability to choose a voice. In the current version of Advanced Voice mode youll find
there are nine different voices to choose between, which have different qualities: Sol, Juniper, Vale, Spruce, Breeze, Arbor, Cove, Maple, and Ember. (Image credit: OpenAI)

Advanced Voice mode is a real step up from the previous standard voice mode that youd find on ChatGPT it can sense and respond to humor and you can interrupt it at any time while it's talking. Interestingly, once youve chosen a voice you cant ask ChatGPT to then change to another voice. Instead, you have to go into Settings, which you get to by tapping on your name at the bottom of the screen and scrolling down until you find Voice and tapping on it. How to know youve got Advanced Voice mode

Its hard to miss Advanced Voice mode, in the iOS or Android app youll see a message pop up in the prompt window informing you that you have access to Advanced Voice mode and pointing to a new icon to the far right. Simply tap
it to begin. The first time you access it youll be asked to choose a voice
and once youve done that youre good to go.

When you see a glowing blue orb, somewhat reminiscent of a palantr from Lord of the Rings, you know that ChatGPT is listening and you can start having a conversation - ask it what you should have for lunch today, or where would be a good place to go on a vacation. Youll discover that the conversation feels startlingly real. You might also like... ChatGPT's new 'Canvas' is the AI collaborator you didn't know you needed OpenAIs Advanced Voice mode is unavailable in the EU, and now we might know why I tried ChatGPT as an AI website builder. Here's what I think



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/everybody-gets-10- minutes-a-month-to-talk-to-chatgpt-on-their-phone-and-you-can-try-it-right-now


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