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ChatGPT Gets Voice Upgrade to Take On Alexa and Siri

  • OpenAI announced its ChatGPT chatbot can now talk with users using voice and audio, challenging Alexa, Siri, and Google.

  • Adding voice aims to get more people interacting with ChatGPT as voice assistants are popular.

  • OpenAI said people can now upload images to ChatGPT, moving it toward a "multimodal" AI model.

  • Tech giants like Amazon and Google also exploring adding chatbots to existing voice assistants.

  • OpenAI added "personas" with different tones and accents for ChatGPT's voice to make conversations more natural.

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