VentureBeat June 9, 2024
On May 13th, one major announcement created a lot of online buzz: OpenAI unveiled GPT-4o, the latest version of its ChatGPT. According to the company’s announcement, the new version is much faster and more efficient than the previous models and ‘can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time’. However, users were amazed by something else: GPT-4o is remarkably human-like. It can interpret emotions, talk, sing and even laugh. It can help you with interview preparation, sing a lullaby or play the game of rock-paper-scissors. AI is no longer just an assistant; it’s becoming a life companion.
Just a few months earlier, Microsoft aired a Super Bowl commercial with quite a similar message featuring their AI assistant, Copilot, which...