- OpenAI unveiled a new AI model and the desktop version of their popular chatbot,ChatGPT, on Monday.
- The new model is called GPT-4o.
- “This is the first time that we are really making a huge step forward when it comes to the ease of use,” said Mira Murati, the technical leader at OpenAI, during a livestreamed event.
- In an attempt to increase the usage of its well-liked chatbot, OpenAI released an upgraded desktop version of ChatGPT and a new AI model on Monday.
OpenAI’s free users can now use GPT-4 thanks to the update, according to technology leader Mira Murati, who made the announcement at a livestreamed event. She went on to say that the GPT-4o, the new model, is “much faster” and has better text, video, and audio capabilities. OpenAI stated that it eventually intends to enable video communication between users and ChatGPT.
“In terms of usability, this is the first time that we are truly making a significant advancement,” Murati stated.
OpenAI, backed by Microsoft has been valued by more than $80 billion by investors. The company, founded in 2015, is under pressure to stay on top of the generative AI market while finding ways to make money as it spends massive sums on processors and infrastructure to build and train its models.
The o in GPT-4o stands for omni. The new model allows ChatGPT to handle 50 different languages with improved speed and quality, and it will also be available via OpenAI’s API making it possible for developers to begin building applications using the new model today, Murati said.
She added that GPT-4o is twice as fast as, and half the cost of, GPT-4 Turbo.
Members of the OpenAI team used the new model’s audio capabilities to demonstrate its powers, asking it to assist someone relax before giving a speech in public. The model can “perceive your emotion,” according to OpenAI researcher Mark Chen. It can also deal with others interrupting it. In order to speculate on possible emotions a user may be feeling, the researchers also instructed it to analyse a user’s facial expression.
“Hey, how are you? How can I make today better for you? The audio mode on ChatGPT said hello to a user.
According to a blog post, the business intends to test Voice Mode in the upcoming weeks, with early access available to ChatGPT Plus premium members. Additionally, according to OpenAI, the new model can react to audio cues from users “in as little as 232 milliseconds, with an average of 320 milliseconds, which is similar to human response time in a conversation.”
Chen requested the model to alter its speech tone to something more robotic or dramatic while demonstrating its ability to narrate a bedtime story. He even requested that it narrate the tale.
Furthermore, according to the business, OpenAI’s new model can translate text, even in audio mode. Chen showed out the tool’s capacity to translate between the two languages as they spoke, listening to Murati speak Italian and translating into English.
The model’s capacity to help create code and solve mathematical equations was also proven by the team, establishing it as a more formidable rival to Microsoft’s own GitHub Copilot.
One of OpenAI’s most significant announcements since the debut of ChatGPT Enterprise, the AI chatbot’s corporate tier, in August, was the launch. According to OpenAI Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap, the tool was developed for “under a year” with assistance from more than 20 businesses of all sizes and sectors, as CNBC was informed at the time.
OpenAI, Microsoft and Google are at the helm of a generative AI gold rush as companies in seemingly every industry race to add AI-powered chatbots and agents to key services to avoid being left behind by competitors. Earlier this month, OpenAI rival Anthropic announced its first-ever enterprise offering and a free iPhone app.
A record $29.1 billion was invested across nearly 700 generative AI deals in 2023, an increase of more than 260% from the prior year, according to PitchBook. The market is predicted to top $1 trillion in revenue within a decade.
Some in the industry have raised concerns about the speed at which untested new services are coming to market, and academics and ethicists are distressed about the technology’s tendency to propagate bias.
After ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022, it broke records at the time as the fastest-growing consumer app in history, and now has about 100 million weekly active users. OpenAI says that more than 92% of Fortune 500 companies are using the platform.
Murati said during the Monday event that OpenAI wants to “remove some of the mysticism from the technology.”
“Over the next few weeks, we’ll be rolling out these capabilities to everyone,” she said.
The new model will first roll out on Tuesday to customers of ChatGPT Plus and Team, and then to Enterprise later, a blog post on Monday said. It will also be available to free users of ChatGPT starting Monday, with usage limits. Users of ChatGPT Plus will have five times more message capacity than free users, and clients of ChatGPT Team and Enterprise will have even greater usage limits.
Murati concluded the livestreamed event by thanking Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and his company for providing the necessary graphics processing units (GPUs) to power OpenAI’s technology.
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