📢 OpenAI developing real-time conversational audio

OpenAI is building a new bidirectional (BiDi) audio model designed to make AI conversations feel far more natural. Unlike today’s turn-based voice systems - where the AI waits for you to finish and can’t adjust mid-response - BiDi continuously processes speech, allowing it to adapt instantly if users interrupt or change direction.

The prototype still glitches after a few minutes, delaying launch from the expected Q1 timeline to potentially Q2 or later, but the upgrade could significantly improve customer support bots, voice assistants, and s