
Voice AI: what GPT-5 can actually do now
🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve been testing voice AI for over a year now, and the gap between what it could do six months ago and what it can do today is genuinely surprising. GPT-5 shipped in August 2025, but the voice capabilities that came with it — and the specialized models OpenAI released alongside it — have quietly changed what’s possible when you talk to AI instead of typing. Here’s what’s actually new, what’s useful, and what’s still more demo than product. ...