Jul 8, 2026, 11:20 PM

Introducing GPT‑Live

TickrWire Editorial Desk·Jul 8, 2026, 11:20 PM·1 min read AI-assisted, human-reviewed

Reported by Simon Willison: Introducing GPT‑Live. Analysis and context written by TickrWire.

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<p><strong><a href="https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-live/">Introducing GPT‑Live</a></strong></p> OpenAI <em>finally</em> upgraded the model used by ChatGPT voice mode!</p> <p>I've had preview access for a few weeks in the iPhone app, and the new model is very impressive. It also has the ability to spin off harder tasks to GPT-5.5:</p> <blockquote> <p>For questions that require web search, deeper reasoning, or more complex work, it delegates to our latest frontier model behind the scenes and brings the result back into the conversation when it’s ready. While it works, GPT‑Live ca

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<p><strong><a href="https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-live/">Introducing GPT‑Live</a></strong></p>

OpenAI <em>finally</em> upgraded the model used by ChatGPT voice mode!</p>

<p>I've had preview access for a few weeks in the iPhone app, and the new model is very impressive. It also has the ability to spin off harder tasks to GPT-5.5:</p>

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<p>For questions that require web search, deeper reasoning, or more complex work, it delegates to our latest frontier model behind the scenes and brings the result back into the conversation when it’s ready. While it works, GPT‑Live ca

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