A new leak on X.com appears to confirm that a select group of ChatGPT Plus users will get access to the advanced voice mode today, Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
Advanced speech mode, which OpenAI demonstrated in May this year, allows you to talk to ChatGPT on your smartphone and have a human conversation, complete with the ability to interrupt the chatbot if the answers are taking too long. You can also ask it complex questions with the expectation of a detailed answer.
The leak appears to be an email from the ChatGPT team telling a user that the advanced voice mode is “rolling out in a limited alpha version to a select group of users.” Access to the advanced mode alpha version on September 24, 2024, it says, “is dependent on several factors, including but not limited to invitations to participate and the specific criteria set for the alpha testing phase.” All of which sounds like a very complicated way of saying that not everyone can expect to get it.
Advanced Speech Mode Alpha
Open AI originally stated that “all Plus users will have access by late fall,” so we’re not expecting a full rollout of the technology just yet. However, if more Plus users do get access to the alpha, that’s an encouraging sign that we can expect the full release to happen on schedule.
As a Plus user of ChatGPT, you’ll pay a monthly subscription of $20 (£16, AU$30), but you’ll gain access to a range of LLMs, including the new version 01 preview, which launched recently and has proven to be much better at solving math problems and reasoning than previous versions of the chatbot.
While OpenAI initially led the way when it demonstrated its Advanced Voice mode for realistic conversations, it has now fallen behind its rivals. Google has already beaten it to the punch with the launch of Gemini Live, Google’s take on conversational AI. While Apple has yet to launch Siri 2.0, its improved AI assistant, we have seen demos and a timetable for its release. which means we might get it sooner than we think.