Morning Edition · Thursday, July 9, 2026
OpenAI Launches GPT-Live, a Full-Duplex Voice Model Powering ChatGPT Voice
The models listen and speak simultaneously and delegate hard queries to GPT-5.5 in the background, rolling out globally as the default for ChatGPT Voice.
OpenAI released GPT-Live, a pair of voice models called GPT-Live-1 and a smaller GPT-Live-1 mini, now powering ChatGPT Voice for users worldwide on iOS, Android, and the web. The architecture is full-duplex, meaning the model listens and sp…
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Full-Duplex Voice Becomes the Assistant Interface
Real-time full-duplex voice, backed by a separate reasoning model, becomes the default interface for consumer AI assistants, and labs compete on latency and naturalness as much as on text capability.
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