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OpenAI's Realtime API is now optimized and generally available.
You can try its latest speech-to-speech model, gpt-realtime.
The upgrades improve OpenAI's voice offerings for developers.
This year, AI agents that can carry out tasks on behalf of users have been a major focus, with companies constantly developing offerings that reduce the user's workload. To make these interactions as seamless as possible, many companies are leaning on multimodal AI agents, and OpenAI is making developing these products even easier.
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According to the company, OpenAI updated its Realtime API, now generally available, on Thursday, with new features that allow developers and enterprises to build more reliable voice agents. OpenAI first launched the Realtime API in October 2024 in public beta. Additionally, the company released its most advanced speech-to-speech model yet, called gpt-realtime.
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