Subj : OpenAIs Advanced Voice mode is unavailable in the EU, and now we
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Sep 25 2024 16:00:05

OpenAIs Advanced Voice mode is unavailable in the EU, and now we might know 
why

Date:
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:57:02 +0000

Description:
The new ChatGPT Advanced Voice mode is rolling out this week, but not in the 
EU, and we've got a good idea why.

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As reported recently, ChatGPTs Advanced Voice mode is launching this week for 
all ChatGPT Plus and Teams subscribers. However, the launch wont happen in 
the EU, and we think we know why. 

A tweet by OpenAI on X.com states simply, Advanced Voice is not yet available 
in the EU, the UK, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein. In 
response, a tweet by X.com user Dean W Ball highlights a section of the EU AI 
Act , a piece of the EU legislation that restricts the placing on the market, 
the putting into service for this specific purpose, or the use of AI systems 
to infer emotions of a natural person. 

This would mean that ChatGPT Advanced Voice mode would be illegal in EU 
workplaces and schools because it can recognize emotions in the users voice. 
Under a strict reading of the AI Act, ChatGPT advanced voice is *illegal* in 
EU workplaces and schools because the system can recognize a users emotions. 
Thats prohibited by the AI Act. https://t.co/w7697M4VBa 
pic.twitter.com/eDdJr7Y01U September 24, 2024 

We have to consider that OpenAI may be granted an exception of some kind, but 
as it stands, the AI Act will certainly keep European countries behind the 
rest of the world as AI advances. Of course, there is the argument of 
respecting the spirit of the law, rather than the letter of the law to 
consider. Still, its certainly true that since Advanced Voice mode can sense 
and respond to your emotions, it would currently violate this condition. The 
persistence of memory 

With Advanced Voice mode, you can talk to ChatGPT using your smartphone and 
get responses that make it feel like a real conversation with a human. To 
make it sound natural, Advanced Voice mode uses the GPT-4o LLM for faster 
responses and can interpret text, vision, and audio inputs. For example, you 
can ask it to look at something with your smartphones camera and give an 
opinion. It can also remember things about you, making your interactions more 
of a sustained conversation over time. 

Additionally, there have been some improvements to Advanced Voice mode since 
we saw the first Alpha version. Now you get five new voices called Arbor, 
Maple, Sol, Spruce, and Vale, and theres a new blue orb visual effect as it 
talks. Meet the five new voices. pic.twitter.com/F9BOUaJqG1 September 24, 
2024 

Accents in foreign languages have also been improved: Weve also improved 
conversational speed, smoothness, and accents in select foreign languages. 
pic.twitter.com/d3QOIBFCZb September 24, 2024 How do I know if I've got 
Advanced Voice mode? (Image credit: OpenAI) 

Advanced Voice mode is only available to ChatGPT Plus and Teams subscribers. 
The rollout will be gradual but should be finished by the end of the week. 
Youll know when youve got it because youll see a pop-up message next to the 
entry point to Voice Mode.  But, as we mentioned previously, Advanced Voice 
is not yet available in the EU, the UK, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/openai-s-advanced-
voice-is-unavailable-in-the-eu-and-now-we-might-know-why


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