Tuesday, 21 July 2026 Sign in

How the voices for ChatGPT were chosen

OpenAI Blog 19 May 2024, 23:30

OpenAI selected five voices for ChatGPT by working with casting and directing professionals to evaluate submissions. The selection process involved reviewing over 400 voice submissions before narrowing down to the final five. This allows users to choose from multiple voice options when interacting with ChatGPT.

Why it matters

How the voices for ChatGPT were chosen We worked with industry-leading casting and directing professionals to narrow down over 400 submissions before selecting the 5 voices.

Read the full story at OpenAI Blog

ChatGPT AI Assistants

Every AI story that matters,
in your inbox by 8am.

TLDRocket reads 60+ sources, removes duplicate coverage, and summarises the day in two minutes. Free, no spam, unsubscribe anytime.

TLDRocket 21 July 2026

The open-weight AI model market hit an inflection point today as Alibaba and Kimi released trillion-parameter competitors that challenge the closed-model orthodoxy—just as Washington moved to restrict them. Alibaba's Qwen 3.8 Max (2.4 trillion parameters) and Kimi K3 (2.8T) are going open-weight, with K3 ranking first on Frontend Web App Arena and fourth on agentic benchmarks, signaling that scale and transparency can coexist. The timing matters: while U.S. policymakers weigh layered restrictions on Chinese open models, technical experts are pushing back hard, arguing that closed gardens actually hurt security and competition more than they help. The real fragmentation risk isn't technical—it's regulatory.

Read the full briefing →

How the voices for ChatGPT were chosen

Why it matters

Related stories

Every AI story that matters, in your inbox by 8am.

Every AI story that matters,
in your inbox by 8am.