ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode has been experiencing severe glitches, leading to unsettling encounters reported by users on Reddit. One user described how the AI began with a pleasant voice but transitioned into a demonic screech that was nearly unintelligible. Other users echoed similar frustrations, noting sudden voice changes and high-pitched sounds that created a nightmarish atmosphere. OpenAI's recent update aimed to enhance the voice function, mimicking human-like laughter and sounds, but these bugs have detracted from user experience, raising concerns about the program's reliability.
OpenAI's ChatGPT recently engaged in that latter spooky ritual, at least figuratively speaking. Over on the r/OpenAI subreddit, a user reported that the chatbot's Advanced Voice Mode suddenly turned 'into a demon', in an utterly bizarre example of what we hope is not possession, but the system glitching out.
In an attached video - we can't embed Reddit posts, but you can check it out here - things start off innocently enough. Speaking in its pleasant 'Sol' voice, which OpenAI is supposed to be 'savvy and relaxed', the AI explains a calculation related to download speeds.
As it goes on, a crackly, gainy sound creeps in, building and building. Until suddenly, the AI is furiously screeching at the user, its voice so distorted that it becomes borderline unintelligible.
OpenAI unveiled a beefed-up version of its Voice Mode last August. It's since built a reputation for being uncannily human-like, coughing and inhaling and laughing like a flesh and blood interlocutor.
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