ChatGPT literally released a major update of their realtime voice model a month or two ago, going from gpt-4o-level (generously) to gpt-5.5 level performance. So at least 2026-level performance was necessary to provide a really good experience.
I remember thinking the first ChatGPT realtime voice was science fiction, before the limits on its intelligence (particularly as mainline models advanced) became annoying. Perhaps we’ll feel the same way in a year or two - people have been claiming models are plateauing in practical usefulness every year, and they’ve definitely been wrong so far.
I remember thinking the first ChatGPT realtime voice was science fiction, before the limits on its intelligence (particularly as mainline models advanced) became annoying. Perhaps we’ll feel the same way in a year or two - people have been claiming models are plateauing in practical usefulness every year, and they’ve definitely been wrong so far.