Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT Voice adds email, calendar and Slack access
OpenAI updated ChatGPT Voice to use new GPT-6 Astra, Sol and Luna models and to reach email, calendar and Slack, while also extending voice use to ChatGPT Work on web and mobile.
- OpenAI said ChatGPT Voice now ran on GPT-6 Astra, Sol and Luna.
- The feature could access email, calendar and Slack for the first time.
- OpenAI said people could use voice to check diary entries, send emails, cancel duplicate charges in finance apps, and build a website with a checkout page.
- ChatGPT Work on web and mobile could also create documents, presentations and spreadsheets by voice.
- Sam Altman had compared the product to the film Her when the first ChatGPT Voice version launched in 2024.
OpenAI said ChatGPT Voice had been updated to use its GPT-6 Astra, Sol and Luna models. It also said the feature could connect to email, calendar and Slack.
The company said users could use voice to handle appointments, send messages, cancel duplicate payments in finance apps, and create a website with a checkout page. OpenAI also showed weather queries and online shopping in a demo video.
The voice feature also worked in ChatGPT Work on the web and on mobile. OpenAI said people could use it to create documents, presentations and spreadsheets by speaking.
For OpenAI and Sam Altman, the update was another step towards an everyday assistant. Altman had referred to the film Her when the first ChatGPT Voice version appeared in 2024.
Named in this story
People
- Sam Altman
- said the update moved OpenAI towards an everyday assistant
Companies
- OpenAI
- made the ChatGPT Voice update
Products and systems
- ChatGPT Voice
- received the new models and plugin access
- GPT-6 Astra
- one of the new models ChatGPT Voice ran on
- Sol
- one of the new models ChatGPT Voice ran on
- Luna
- one of the new models ChatGPT Voice ran on
- Slack
- was one of the services ChatGPT Voice could access
- ChatGPT Work
- supported voice use on web and mobile for documents and spreadsheets
How the source tells it
The piece is written as product hype, using launch language, feature roll-up, and a sci-fi comparison to cast the update as a step towards a future assistant.
- hype It uses upgrade and first-time framing to make the release sound consequential
- vendor boosterism It repeats OpenAI’s demo scenarios and product claims without qualification
- novelty It stresses new model names and new access to plugins as a fresh capability
- future framing It links the release to a longer-running comparison with the film reference and change in how people use computers