OpenAI Adds Voice Agent to ChatGPT for 150 Million Users as DevDay Nears
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Updated · Business Insider · Sep 23
OpenAI Adds Voice Agent to ChatGPT for 150 Million Users as DevDay Nears
3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Sep 23
Summary
Wednesday’s rollout brings OpenAI’s most advanced voice system to ChatGPT on the web and mobile app, letting users speak to delegate single or recurring multistep tasks across browsers and apps.
GPT-Live now connects to agentic models that can act on computers, enabling demos such as analyzing DoorDash spending, paying $5 to book a pickleball court, and reorganizing a calendar by voice alone.
OpenAI is using the feature to press deeper into the personal AI assistant race, where rivals including Meta’s Muse and Instinct are pitching tools for cumbersome internet tasks.
More than 150 million people already use ChatGPT dictation and voice tools, but OpenAI still faces limits: offices remain desktop-centric, and the product is designed to answer with text, voice, or both rather than audio alone.
The push also supports longer-term hardware plans after Bloomberg reported OpenAI is building a smart speaker targeted for release in 2027.