OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o, a new model of its flagship ChatGPT that will deliver powerful new features and greater speed to free users.
Key features to note:
When using GPT-4o, ChatGPT free users will now have access to features such as:
- Experience GPT-4 level intelligence
- Get responses (opens in a new window) from both the model and the web
- Analyse data (opens in a new window) and create charts
- Chat about photos you take
- Upload files (opens in a new window) for assistance summarizing, writing or analysing
- Discover and use GPTs and the GPT Store
- Build a more helpful experience with Memory
“We’re looking at the future of interaction between ourselves and the machines. We think GPT-4o is really shifting that paradigm,” OpenAI’s chief technology officer, Mira Murati, told a cheering crowd on Monday during the launch.
GPT-4o is two times faster than the previous models and will be available in 50 languages. Its “browse” function allows users to access up-to-date information from the web. Muratti emphasised the company does not intend to monetise free users through advertising.
The video feature of the model allows a user to share live footage of, say, a math problem and ask for help. ChatGPT will give the answer — or help work through it on your own.
Users can also share screenshots, photos and documents with text and images, as well as ask ChatGPT about prior conversations.
They can also perform data analysis by uploading charts or code before asking questions.
The features will be rolled out over the next few weeks. And while the new features close some gap between the free GPT-3.5 and the $20-per-month GPT-4, paid users will still have five times the capacity limit of free users on the newly released GPT-4o.
Demo
At the launch, researchers interacted with a voice mode, prompting it to tell a bedtime story about love and robots while modulating its voice with different emotions.
In another demo, the model used a phone camera to analyse a math equation and then, through voice mode, provided a step-by-step solution.
At one point in the demonstration, a researcher asked the AI model to read the expression of their face and judge their emotions. ChatGPT’s voice assistant assessed that he looked “happy and cheerful with a big smile and maybe even a touch of excitement”.
“Whatever’s going on, it seems like you’re in a great mood,” ChatGPT said in a peppy, female voice. “Care to share the source of those good vibes?”
Also, during the live demo using the voice version of GPT-4o, it provided helpful suggestions for how to go about solving a simple equation written on a piece of paper – rather than simply solving it.
It analysed some computer code, translating between Italian and English and interpreted the emotions in a selfie of a smiling man.
Using a warm American female voice, it greeted its prompters by asking them how they were doing. When paid a compliment, it responded: “Stop it, you’re making me blush!”.
Growing Competition
The announcement comes amidst growing competition in the AI space, with tech giants like Google’s parent company Alphabet gearing up to unveil their own innovations.
Google has rolled out AI-generated, summarized search results in the United States.
OpenAI’s AI tech may soon power iPhones. Bloomberg reports Apple is finalizing a deal to integrate OpenAI’s generative AI features (like ChatGPT) into iOS 18. This move addresses Apple’s lack of a public competitor to Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, and suggests features beyond what Siri currently offers.
The timing of OpenAI’s announcement, just one day before Google’s AI showcase at Google IO, has fuelled speculation of a strategic move to steal the spotlight and highlight their own advancements in artificial intelligence
OpenAI’s growth is shadowed by copyright battles. While forging partnerships and releasing new products, the company faces lawsuits from publishers like the New York Times. These outlets allege OpenAI used their content to train AI models without permission, potentially costing OpenAI billions in damages.
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