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ChatGPT is now a creepy cultural chameleon

OpenAI’s advanced voice mode shatters language barriers. It’s uncanny, incredible, and poised to change how we interact with AI.

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Last week, OpenAI said it was launching its voice assistant to businesses and developers to use in their own applications.

Last week, OpenAI said it was launching its voice assistant to businesses and developers to use in their own applications.

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Catherine Thorbecke

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Nearly two years since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, I had my first true “wow” moment from the artificial intelligence frenzy.

Granted, I’ve been impressed by how chatbots can generate helpful responses and synthesise information. I’ve amused myself with some of the images I’ve created with various applications. But mostly I’ve approached AI with a healthy dose of scepticism, often seeing more hype than substance, and still finding it glaringly obvious when I am interacting with a computer and not a human.

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