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How We Built a Realtime System for Responsive Voice AI in Six Months

OpenAI, Monday, August 3rd, 2026

OpenAI describes building GPT-Live, a turnless realtime voice system, in six months.

OpenAI details how it built a realtime system for responsive voice AI in six months. GPT-Live enables continuous voice interaction rather than the turn-taking pattern of earlier voice assistants.

The system uses a turnless speech model paired with a low-latency architecture.

Together these produce conversations that feel faster and more natural than request-response interactions.

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