OpenAI launches new AI model GPT-4o and desktop version of ChatGPT

OpenAI
on
Monday
launched
a
new

AI
model
and
desktop
version
of
ChatGPT,
along
with
an
updated
user
interface,
the
company’s
latest
effort
to
expand
use
of
its
popular
chatbot.

The
update
brings
GPT-4
to
everyone,
including
OpenAI’s
free
users,
technology
chief
Mira
Murati
said
in
a
livestreamed
event.
She
added
that
the
new
model,
GPT-4o,
is “much
faster,”
with
improved
capabilities
in
text,
video
and
audio.
OpenAI
said
it
eventually
plans
to
allow
users
to
video
chat
with
ChatGPT.

“This
is
the
first
time
that
we
are
really
making
a
huge
step
forward
when
it
comes
to
the
ease
of
use,”
Murati
said.

OpenAI,
backed
by


Microsoft,
has
been
valued
by
more
than
$80
billion
by
investors.
The
company,
founded
in
2015,
is
under
pressure
to
stay
on
top
of
the
generative
AI
market
while
finding
ways
to
make
money
as
it
spends
massive
sums
on
processors
and
infrastructure
to
build
and
train
its
models.

The
o
in
GPT-4o
stands
for
omni.
The
new
model
allows
ChatGPT
to
handle
50
different
languages
with
improved
speed
and
quality,
and
it
will
also
be
available
via
OpenAI’s
API
making
it
possible
for
developers
to
begin
building
applications
using
the
new
model
today,
Murati
said.

She
added
that
GPT-4o
is
twice
as
fast
as,
and
half
the
cost
of,
GPT-4
Turbo.

OpenAI
team
members
demonstrated
the
new
model’s
audio
capabilities,
for
example,
asking
it
to
help
calm
someone
down
ahead
of
a
public
speech.
OpenAI
researcher
Mark
Chen
said
the
model
is
able
to “perceive
your
emotion,”
adding
the
model
can
also
handle
users
interrupting
it.
The
team
also
asked
it
to
analyze
a
user’s
facial
expression
to
comment
on
the
emotions
the
person
may
be
experiencing.

“Hey
there,
what’s
up?
How
can
I
brighten
your
day
today?”
ChatGPT’s
audio
mode
said
when
a
user
greeted
it.

The
company
plans
to

test
Voice
Mode
in
the
coming
weeks,
with
early
access
for
paid
subscribers
to
ChatGPT
Plus,
according
to
a
blog
post.
OpenAI
also
said
the
new
model
can
respond
to
users’
audio
prompts “in
as
little
as
232
milliseconds,
with
an
average
of
320
milliseconds,
which
is
similar
to human
response
time in
a
conversation.”

Chen
demonstrated
the
model’s
ability
to
tell
a
bedtime
story
and
asked
it
to
change
the
tone
of
its
voice
to
be
more
dramatic
or
robotic.
He
even
asked
it
to
sing
the
story.

In
addition,
OpenAI’s
new
model
can
function
as
a
translator,
even
in
audio
mode,
the
company
said.
Chen
demonstrated
the
tool’s
ability
to
listen
to
Murati
speaking
Italian
while
he
spoke
English
and
to
translate
into
their
respective
languages
as
they
conversed.

Team
members
also
demonstrated
the
model’s
ability
to
solve
math
equations
and
help
write
code,
positioning
it
as
a
stronger
competitor
to
Microsoft’s
own
GitHub
Copilot.

For
OpenAI,
the
launch
was
one
of
the
company’s
biggest
announcements
since
the
August
kickoff
of
ChatGPT
Enterprise,
the
AI
chatbot’s
business
tier.
That
tool
was
in
development
for “under
a
year”
and
had
the
help
of
more
than
20
companies
of
varying
sizes
and
industries,
OpenAI
Chief
Operating
Officer
Brad
Lightcap
told
CNBC
at
the
time.

OpenAI,
Microsoft
and


Google
are
at
the
helm
of
a generative
AI gold
rush
as
companies
in
seemingly
every
industry
race
to
add
AI-powered
chatbots
and
agents
to
key
services
to
avoid

being
left
behind
by
competitors.
Earlier
this
month,
OpenAI
rival

Anthropic
announced
its
first-ever
enterprise
offering
and
a
free
iPhone
app.

A
record
$29.1
billion
was
invested
across
nearly
700
generative
AI
deals
in
2023,
an
increase
of
more
than
260%
from
the
prior
year,
according
to
PitchBook.
The
market
is predicted
to top
$1
trillion in
revenue
within
a
decade.

Some
in
the
industry
have
raised
concerns
about
the
speed
at
which
untested
new
services
are
coming
to
market,
and
academics
and
ethicists
are distressed about
the
technology’s
tendency
to
propagate
bias.

After
ChatGPT’s
launch
in
November
2022,
it
broke
records
at
the
time
as
the
fastest-growing
consumer
app
in
history,
and
now
has
about
100
million
weekly
active
users.

OpenAI
says
that more
than
92% of
Fortune
500
companies
are
using
the
platform.

Murati
said
during
the
Monday
event
that
OpenAI
wants
to “remove
some
of
the
mysticism
from
the
technology.”

“Over
the
next
few
weeks,
we’ll
be
rolling
out
these
capabilities
to
everyone,”
she
said.

The

new
model
will
first
roll
out
on
Tuesday
to
customers
of
ChatGPT
Plus
and
Team,
and
then
to
Enterprise
later,
a
blog
post
on
Monday
said.
It
will
also
be
available
to
free
users
of
ChatGPT
starting
Monday,
with
usage
limits.
Users
of
ChatGPT
Plus
will
have
five
times
more
message
capacity
than
free
users,
and
clients
of
ChatGPT
Team
and
Enterprise
will
have
even
greater
usage
limits.

Murati
concluded
the
livestreamed
event
by
thanking
Nvidia
CEO
Jensen
Huang
and
his
company
for
providing
the
necessary
graphics
processing
units
(GPUs)
to
power
OpenAI’s
technology.

“I
just
want
to
thank
the
incredible
OpenAI
team,
and
also
thanks
to
Jensen
and
the
Nvidia
team
for
bringing
us
the
most
advanced
GPUs
to
make
this
demo
possible
today,”
she
said.