New Delhi, March 25 -- San Francisco-based OpenAI has rolled out significant updates to its Advanced Voice Mode, aiming to make its AI-powered voice assistant more engaging and less intrusive during conversations. The latest enhancements, announced on Monday, address a common issue faced by users-frequent interruptions from the AI when they pause to think or take a breath.

Manuka Stratta, a post-training researcher at OpenAI, introduced the improvements in a video shared on the company's official social media platforms. Free-tier users of ChatGPT will now experience a more seamless interaction, as the assistant has been fine-tuned to recognise pauses without cutting users off. Meanwhile, paying subscribers-spanning OpenAI's Plus, Teams, ...