OpenAI wants you to 'blurt out your thoughts' to your phone

In July, OpenAI's president, Greg Brockman, revealed an AI audio model that can listen and speak simultaneously. Bloomberg/Getty Images OpenAI boosts ChatGPT's voice mode on mobile as the competition over personal agents heats up. The new release connects OpenAI's voice model to its agentic text models, which can handle tasks. OpenAI has yet to release a direct competitor to viral AI assistants like Instinct and Meta's Muse. OpenAI is pushing further into the hotly contested market for personal agents — this time with voice. The company is adding its most advanced voice system to ChatGPT's website and mobile app on Wednesday. OpenAI's release allows users to speak to delegate single and recurring tasks that require multiple steps, a browser, and disparate apps. The company has been rolling out launches ahead of its big OpenAI DevDay event next week.