Did you see what OpenAI announced at their DevDay? They have this new Realtime API!

Yeah! It lets developers create apps with real-time voice responses. Pretty cool, right? You could talk to an AI assistant and get immediate replies.

Exactly! They even demoed a trip planning app where you can speak to the AI and get answers right away. That’s kind of like ChatGPT’s voice mode, isn’t it?

It’s similar, but not exactly the same. This new API is for developers to build their own apps, not just ChatGPT. Plus, it’s designed for low-latency responses, which is really important for real-time conversations.

Oh, that makes sense. And they said the API can integrate with other tools like maps, right?

Yep! In the demo, the AI could even mark restaurant locations on a map while you’re talking about where to go. It’s super interactive.

Wow! But what about the voices? Can developers use any voice they want?

Not really. OpenAI provides six voices to choose from, and you can’t use third-party voices for copyright reasons. So, no custom voices for now!

Got it. And did you hear about the model distillation feature? It sounds like developers can fine-tune smaller AI models now.

Yeah, that’s another big announcement. Developers can use larger models like GPT-4o to fine-tune smaller models, which saves money but still boosts performance.

That’s smart! It helps make AI more accessible for smaller projects, right?

Exactly. And speaking of accessibility, they’re also adding vision fine-tuning, so developers can improve how their apps understand images, not just text.

Nice! But it’s kind of surprising they didn’t release any new AI models this time.

Yeah, people were expecting that. But I think they’re still working on those, especially the new models like o1 and their video generation tool, Sora.

Well, with all these new tools, developers have plenty to play with anyway!

For sure! The Realtime API alone is going to open up so many possibilities for AI apps.