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OpenAI’s new voice mode let me talk with my phone, not to it


I've been playing around with OpenAI's Advanced Voice Mode for the last week, and it's the most convincing taste I've had of an AI-powered future yet. OpenAI's newest feature, currently in a limited alpha test, doesn't make ChatGPT any smarter than it was before. Instead, Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) makes it friendlier and more natural to talk to. It creates a new interface for using AI, and your devices, that feels fresh and exciting; and that's exactly what scares me about it.

On Friday, the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz tweeted out a link to its guide on how to “build your social media presence” which features advice for founders. OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation that was generating content about the U.S. presidential election, according to a blog post on Friday.… A social media spat between billionaire tech investors is raising questions about the journalistic independence of three-year-old news outfit SF Standard, after a reporter representing the outlet reached out to…

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