OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed on social media that despite the ChatGPT Pro monthly fee reaching $200, the service is still struggling to turn a profit. He stated, 'The crazy thing is: we are currently losing money on OpenAI Pro subscriptions!' He pointed out that user demand has far exceeded expectations, leading to increased operational costs. Altman's comments come just a month after OpenAI announced changes to its ChatGPT service.

OpenAI has recently made significant technological updates to its ChatGPT platform, introducing real-time search capabilities and advanced voice interaction modes, greatly enhancing user experience. In their latest tech showcase live stream, OpenAI demonstrated a series of new features for ChatGPT, including deep optimizations to the search algorithm that allow users to quickly access real-time information such as stock data and news, significantly improving the timeliness and practicality of search.

The AI chatbot Claude developed by Anthropic has launched its desktop application, which users can download for free from the Anthropic website, available for both Mac and Windows systems. This new application allows users to interact with Claude more conveniently, eliminating the need to access the website through a browser. Anthropic also announced that it has added voice input functionality to its Android and iOS applications, enabling users to interact with Claude via voice.

Zhipu AI announces that its end-to-end emotional voice technology has officially launched on the Zhipu Qinyan platform and is now available to all users. This technology overcomes the limitations of traditional text-to-speech (TTS) technology, capable of deeply understanding contextual nuances and generating emotionally rich natural dialogues. This marks the evolution of Zhipu AI's speech synthesis technology from simple text reading to an AI that can express genuine emotions.

OpenAI's latest release of the ChatGPT voice feature based on the GPT-4 model aims to enhance the naturalness and immediacy of human-AI communication. However, this innovation has raised concerns about emotional dependence among users, with some forming emotional attachments to the AI and expressing reluctance to part with it, potentially affecting their social behaviors and interactions with real humans. Research indicates that prolonged AI voice interactions may alter users' social norms, such as the AI's ability to interrupt at any time, which is uncommon in human interactions.

The futuristic scenario depicted in the movie 'Her' is becoming a reality, as OpenAI's GPT-4o model has launched a gradual testing phase for its voice feature, providing users with a more natural and real-time conversational experience. This feature allows users to interrupt freely, can sense and respond to user emotions, and includes 'face-to-face' communication via video and screen-sharing capabilities. GPT-4o's output capability has significantly increased, allowing for an output range of 4000 to 64000 tokens in one go, equivalent to about 200 pages of a novel. During testing, users can use it to tell jokes.

According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, ChatGPT Plus subscribers will receive the long-awaited voice feature next week. This significant update signals a revolutionary change in the AI interaction experience.

In its spring update event, OpenAI announced a series of new features for ChatGPT, with the most notable being the advanced voice mode and the desktop application. However, the rollout of these features has not gone smoothly.