OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, announced on Tuesday that it was delaying the deployment of its "Voice Mode" feature by a month to July due to technical issues, according to Reuters.
The company had planned to roll out the realistic voice chat experience to a small number of ChatGPT Plus subscribers in late June but said it was postponing it because it needed more time to meet its launch standards.
"For example, we're improving the model's ability to detect and refuse certain content. We're also working on improving the user experience and preparing our infrastructure to scale to millions while maintaining real-time responses," OpenAI said in a post on social media platform X.
The tool will be first offered to a limited number of customers to gather feedback before being made available to all Chatgpt Plus users in the fall, subject to safety and reliability tests, according to the company.
OpenAI is also working on launching additional video and screen-sharing capabilities.
In May, it announced the release of GPT-4o, a new AI model capable of realistic voice conversation and text and image interaction, as its latest bid to maintain its lead in the race to dominate emerging AI technologies.
The additional audio capabilities will allow users to speak to ChatGPT and receive real-time responses without delay, as well as interrupt ChatGPT while it is speaking, both of which are characteristics of realistic interactions that AI voice assistants have found difficult.
