You can now speak directly with ChatGPT right on your PC or Mac, thanks to a new Advanced Voice Mode integration, OpenAI announced on Wednesday. “Big day for desktops,” the company declared in an X (formerly Twitter) post.
Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) runs atop the GPT-4o model, OpenAI’s current state of the art, and enables the user to speak to the chatbot without the need for text prompts.
You can talk to ChatGPT as you would another person, stopping and stuttering if needed. Per OpenAI, the AVM feature “offers more natural, real-time conversations, allows you to interrupt at any time, and senses and responds to your emotions.”
Advanced Voice is now available in the macOS and Windows desktop apps.https://t.co/mv4ACwIhzA pic.twitter.com/HbwXbN9NkD
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) October 30, 2024
Initially announced at OpenAI’s Spring Update event, the highly-anticipated feature was released to beta testers in July before rolling out to premium subscribers in late September. “Free users will also get a sneak peek of Advanced Voice,” the company teased in an October X post. “Plus and Free users in the EU…we’ll keep you updated, we promise.”
Despite its rather exclusive nature, the feature has already proven a hit with users. When AVM finally made its way to Plus subscribers in general, social media lit up with posts of all the wild things the feature could do, from simulated breath breaks during long recitations to its wide variety of voices and regional accents. It proved so popular, in fact, that Meta and Google both quickly followed suit with conversational features of their own.
This news comes just 24 hours after the company announced a new chat history search feature also arriving for the web app. “We’re starting to roll out the ability to search through your chat history on ChatGPT web,” reads the reveal post on X. “Now you can quickly & easily bring up a chat to reference, or pick up a chat where you left off.”
Nearly a month after announcing the GPT-6.1 Sol model, OpenAI unveiled GPT-6.1 Terra today. The latest addition to the family focuses on computer use, visual reasoning, coding, and professional work, while costing 50% less through the API than GPT-5.6 Terra.
OpenAI says Terra can handle everything from filling out browser forms and working inside spreadsheets to interpreting technical drawings and editing videos. The company says it can also complete computer-based tasks more than three times faster than GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol.
ASUS has started selling its UGen Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics card in Europe, bringing its take on Intel’s workstation GPU to customers with a hefty €1,799 recommended price. The card is available in Germany and Austria, while ASUS lists it at CHF 1,799 in Switzerland.
Intel first introduced the Arc Pro B70 in March 2026, with its own branded model starting at $949. ASUS’s version arrives several months later with the same core GPU architecture but a different cooling design and a higher power rating. The price also places it well above Intel’s original starting point, although the two prices are not directly comparable because ASUS’s European figure includes VAT.
Anthropic has officially filed to go public, and buried inside its S-1 is a blunt warning about the technology at the center of its business. The maker of Claude AI says advanced AI could cause everything from large-scale cyberattacks and geopolitical instability to catastrophic or even existential risks for humanity.
The warnings take up a surprisingly large part of the filing. Axios notes that more than 90 pages, or roughly a third of the prospectus, focus on risk factors. Many of them warn about what could happen as AI systems become more capable and autonomous.