ChatGPT Can Now See, Hear, and Speak

You Can Now Talk With ChatGPT and It Sounds Like a Human (Pretty Much) [Link]

Voice Features

• You can now engage in a back-and-forth voice conversation with ChatGPT.

• Voice functionality will be available on iOS and Android.

• Powered by a new text-to-speech model, ChatGPT can generate human-like audio.

• Users can select from five different voice options.

Image Features

• Users can show ChatGPT images for a wide variety of tasks, like troubleshooting or meal planning.

• Image understanding is powered by multimodal GPT-3.5 and GPT-4.

• A drawing tool is available for specifying areas of interest within an image.

Rollout and Availability

• Initially, these features will be available to Plus and Enterprise users over the next two weeks.

• Voice and images will be available on all platforms.

Other Details

• OpenAI has taken measures to mitigate risks associated with voice impersonation and image interpretation.

• Technical safeguards have been put in place to respect individuals' privacy.

• OpenAI is also working with Spotify on a Voice Translation feature for podcasts.

• Limitations include poor performance in transcribing some non-English languages and OpenAI advises against using it for high-risk applications without verification.

Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic [Link]

Amazon is investing an initial $1.25 billion in AI startup Anthropic for a minority stake, with the option to increase the investment to $4 billion. The move pits Amazon against other tech giants like Microsoft and Google in the competitive AI field. Anthropic will use Amazon's AWS for mission-critical work and future AI development. The collaboration aims to enhance Amazon's customer experiences and expand its AI capabilities. Anthropic was valued at $5 billion earlier this year and plans to continue advancing in AI safety and research.

Spotify is going to clone podcasters’ voices — and translate them to other languages [Link]

Spotify is launching a pilot feature called Voice Translation for podcasts, which uses AI technology to translate podcasts into additional languages while retaining the original podcaster's voice style. The technology aims to offer a more authentic and personal listening experience compared to traditional dubbing. For the pilot, Spotify has partnered with podcasters such as Dax Shepard, Monica Padman, Lex Fridman, Bill Simmons, and Steven Bartlett to offer AI-powered voice translations in languages like Spanish, French, and German. This feature will be available to both Premium and Free users. An initial bundle of translated episodes is being rolled out, starting with Spanish, followed by French and German. The company plans to use feedback from this pilot to inform future expansions and innovations.

Alexa, Siri, and the other bots hanging out in the server break room again [Link]

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