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Act IV · Multimodal, open source catches up

Closed modelOpenAI

GPT-4o: natively multimodal

One model handles text, images and voice, with real-time spoken conversation, interruptions and emotion.

~320 msaverage voice response time, close to a human

Why it matters

Interaction shifted from typing to talking, and GPT-4-level capability became free.

Costs and controversy

A demo voice that resembled an actress drew controversy and was withdrawn.

Built on

GPT-4

Led to

GPT-5

Source: openai.com ↗

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