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July 9, 2026

ChatGPT's Voice Gets a Major Upgrade for More Natural Conversations

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ChatGPT got a huge voice upgrade for more natural chats, and Grok released a smarter new version.

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ChatGPTChatGPT's voice mode just got a major upgrade.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

You can now have more natural-sounding voice chats, thanks to new voice technology.

ChatGPT's voice mode just got a major upgrade.

ChatGPT

The app is better at turn-taking because it can listen while it's speaking, so it will interrupt you less.

OpenAI today released new conversational models, called GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, claiming that they sound more natural and can handle turn-taking better. These are full-duplex models, meaning they can speak and listen at the same ti… | The company is also replacing its current Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT with GPT-Live-1 mini by default. Users of paid tiers will be able to access the larger GPT-Live-1 model… OpenAI today released new conversational models, called GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, claiming that they sound more natural and can handle turn-taking better. These are full-duplex models, meaning they can speak and listen at the same ti… The company is also replacing its current Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT with GPT-Live-1 mini by default. Users of paid tiers will be able to access the larger GPT-Live-1 model. The previous model combined a speech-to-text model to transcr… The company said in a press briefing that the new models solve issues like interrupting users…

Source · OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations
Source · OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations

ChatGPT

The standard voice mode is getting this upgrade, and paid users can access an even more advanced version.

ChatGPT's voice mode just got a major upgrade.

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Grok

Grok

You can now use a new, more powerful version of the app called Grok 4.5.

SpaceXAI has released its latest model, Grok 4.5 — the first since the company went public several weeks ago. | In a blog post published Wednesday, SpaceXAI characterized its new release as a workhorse that can tackle all of the typical tasks that the AI industry has sought to automate: coding and app-building, office and clerical work, research, wr… | The company released benchmark metrics Wednesday that appeared t… SpaceXAI has released its latest model, Grok 4.5 — the first since the company went public several weeks ago. In a blog post published Wednesday, SpaceXAI characterized its new release as a workhorse that can tackle all of the typical tasks that the AI industry has sought to automate: coding and app-building, office and clerical work, research, wr… The company released benchmark metrics Wednesday that appeared to show Grok’s competitiveness with other top models from SpaceXAI competitors, although just short of best-in-class: Grok gets a big brain boost with a new 4.5………

Source · SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an 'Opus-class model'
Source · SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an 'Opus-class model'

Perplexity

Perplexity

Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type

Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type | Configurable control : Enable/disable and override media types as needed | New max_tokens parameter : Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs. Learn more → Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Configurable control : Enable/disable and override media types as needed New max_tokens parameter : Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs. Learn more → Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Configurable control : Enable/disable and override media types as needed New max_tokens parameter : Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs…

Source · Changelog
Source · Changelog

Claude Code

Claude Code

The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by researchers, engineers and early users who built it.

The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by researchers, engineers and early users who built it. The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by… The Making of Claude Code

Source · The Making of Claude Code
Source · The Making of Claude Code

Claude

Claude

UPDATE: Golden Gate Claude was online for a 24-hour period as a research demo and is no longer available. If you'd like to

UPDATE: Golden Gate Claude was online for a 24-hour period as a research demo and is no longer available. If you'd like to find out more about our research on interpretability and the activation of features within Claude, please see this p… | On Tuesday, we released a major new research paper on interpreting large language models, in which we began to map out the inner workings of our AI model, Claude 3 Sonnet. In t… UPDATE: Golden Gate Claude was online for a 24-hour period as a research demo and is no longer available. If you'd like to find out more about our research on interpretability and the activation of features within Claude, please see this p… On Tuesday, we released a major new research paper on interpreting large language models, in which we began to map out the inner workings of our AI model, Claude 3 Sonnet. In the “mind” of Claude, we found millions of concepts that activat… For a short time, we’re making this model available for everyone to interact with. You can…

Source · Golden Gate Claude
Source · Golden Gate Claude

Claude

Progress from our Frontier Red Team

In this post, we are sharing what we have learned about the trajectory of potential national security risks from frontier AI models, along with some of our thoughts about challenges and best practices in evaluating these risks. The informa… | While AI capabilities are advancing quickly in many areas, it's important to note that real-world risks depend on multiple factors beyond AI itself. Physical constraints, speci… In this post, we are sharing what we have learned about the trajectory of potential national security risks from frontier AI models, along with some of our thoughts about challenges and best practices in evaluating these risks. The informa… While AI capabilities are advancing quickly in many areas, it's important to note that real-world risks depend on multiple factors beyond AI itself. Physical constraints, specialized equipment, human expertise, and practical implementation… In the cyber domain, 2024 was a ‘zero to one’ moment. In Capture The Flag (CTF) exercises —…

Source · Progress from our Frontier Red Team
Source · Progress from our Frontier Red Team

Claude

Frontier threats red teaming for AI safety

At the end of the project, we now have more experiments and evaluations we’d like to run than we started with. For example, we think a very important experiment to repeatedly run will be to measure the speedup that LLMs might provide towar… | This empirical work confirms that frontier threats red teaming in areas of national security is important and timely. Current models are only showing the first very early signs… At the end of the project, we now have more experiments and evaluations we’d like to run than we started with. For example, we think a very important experiment to repeatedly run will be to measure the speedup that LLMs might provide towar… This empirical work confirms that frontier threats red teaming in areas of national security is important and timely. Current models are only showing the first very early signs of risks of this kind, which makes this our window to evaluate… “Red teaming,” or adversarial testing, is a recognized technique to measure and increase the…

Source · Frontier threats red teaming for AI safety
Source · Frontier threats red teaming for AI safety