OpenAI has released a new ChatGPT bot that you can talk to

The voice mode is powered by OpenAI's new GPT-4o model, which combines voice, text, and vision capabilities. To gather feedback, the company is initially launching the chatbot to a "small group of users" paying for ChatGPT Plus, but it says it will make the bot available to all ChatGPT Plus subscribers this fall. OpenAI says it will notify customers who are part of the first rollout wave in the ChatGPT app and provide instructions on how to use the new model. The new voice feature, which was announced in May, is being launched a month later than originally planned because the company said it needed more time to improve safety features, such as the model's ability to detect and refuse unwanted content. The company also said it was preparing its infrastructure to offer real-time responses to millions of users.