ChatGPT will be able to talk to you like Scarlett Johansson in Her
by Kylie Robison from The Verge - All Posts on (#6MS3J)
Photo: Warner Bros. OpenAI is releasing a Her-inspired voice assistant feature that can read your facial expressions and translate spoken language in real time - and hopefully do it all without abandoning you like in the movie.
During a livestream demonstration on Monday, OpenAI engineers and CTO Mira Murati gathered around a phone to show the new capabilities. They encouraged the assistant to be more expressive while making up a bedtime story, then abruptly requested it to switch to a robotic voice, before finally asking it to conclude the story with a singing voice. Later, they asked the assistant to look at what the phone's camera is seeing and have it respond to what's visible on-screen. The assistant was also able to be interrupted while speaking and...