VOA慢速：ChatGPT扩展了语音和图像功能
ChatGPT Expands with Voice and Image Abilities
刘立军 供稿
TRANSCRIPT
The artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT has added new abilities that include voice and image recognition.
The changes permit some users to directly ask ChatGPT questions and receive voice answers. In addition, the tool can recognize images and provide information about what is in them.
ChatGPT is a chatbot, a computer-powered tool designed to interact smoothly with humans and perform high-level writing. The technology is also known as “generative AI.”
The creator of ChatGPT, OpenAI, announced the tool’s latest additions, or upgrades, this week. Currently, the new voice and image upgrades are only available to users of ChatGPT’s Plus and Enterprise services.
ChatGPT’s main service, called GPT-3.5, is free for all users. ChatGPT Plus costs $20 per month. The Enterprise service is designed for individual companies, with costs tied to the services used by the business.
OpenAI explained that ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users would be able to use the voice and image additions over the next two weeks. The upgraded tools would be made available to other groups of users, including developers, “soon after.” The voice and image upgrades will also be added to devices using the iOS and Android systems in the near future.
The company said ChatGPT’s new voice control is designed to provide a natural way for users to communicate with the AI tool in a way that is similar to speaking with a human. But it noted the chatbot can do more than answer questions. It can also tell a story to children or provide detailed instructions for making or building something.
Users can choose different voices they want the chatbot to use. The company said it worked closely with professional voice actors to make the interactions more realistic and personal.
The voice interaction ability of the ChatGPT upgrade already exists in many voice assistance systems. These include Amazon’s Alexa, Alphabet’s Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, and others. American software maker Microsoft added voice controls to its new ChatGPT-powered Bing search engine earlier this year.
Another notable change to the ChatGPT tool is image recognition. This permits users to upload a photo to the system and then get information about what is contained in the picture.
For example, the company says a user could take a picture of what is currently available in their refrigerator. After entering the photo into ChatGPT, the tool could suggest dinner possibilities based on what the person has. The system could also provide step-by-step instructions for preparing the meal.
Another example given is a parent who might take a picture of a child’s math problem and then seek advice on how to explain to the child how to solve it. There is even a way for users to mark areas of the image ― for example with a circle ― to get more specific information or help with that element.
Along with its announcement, OpenAI issued another warning about how its ChatGPT tool can easily get things wrong. It noted that because the system is trained using massive amounts of publicly available information, it can return results that are false, outdated or discriminatory.
The company urged all its users to watch out for misinformation and to attempt to verify the information provided by chatbots.
OpenAI announced its AI technology is also being used by the digital music service Spotify. ChatGPT is being used to power a system designed to permit Spotify podcasters to translate their shows into different languages. The translations are completed in the podcasters’ own voice in an effort to make them sound more natural, OpenAI said.
Spotify says the first languages to be added in the coming weeks will be Spanish, French and German.
I’m Bryan Lynn.
VOCABULARY
1. generative adj. 创造性的；生成的
2. watch out for 注意；当心
QUESTIONS
Listen to the news and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
1. What additional abilities has the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT recently added?
A. Text recognition and translation.
B. Voice and image recognition.
C. Image recognition and text-to-speech conversion.
D. Voice recognition and text-to-speech conversion.
2. Which users currently have access to ChatGPT’s voice and image upgrades?
A. All users of ChatGPT’s main service, GPT-3.5.
B. Only ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users.
C. All developers using ChatGPT.
D. All users of devices with iOS and Android systems.
3. How does ChatGPT’s new voice control feature improve user interaction?
A. It allows users to choose different voices for the chatbot.
B. It provides step-by-step instructions for various tasks.
C. It enables natural communication similar to speaking with a human.
D. It assists in translating podcasts into different languages.
4. What does the image recognition feature of ChatGPT allow users to do?
A. Translate text in images into different languages.
B. Identify objects and provide information about them.
C. Convert text into spoken words.
D. Generate step-by-step instructions for cooking.
5. What warning does OpenAI give regarding the use of ChatGPT?
A. It may provide false or outdated information.
B. It can only be used by ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users.
C. It is not compatible with devices using iOS and Android systems.
D. It requires professional voice actors for realistic interactions.
KEY
1. What additional abilities has the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT recently added?
A. Text recognition and translation.
B. Voice and image recognition.
C. Image recognition and text-to-speech conversion.
D. Voice recognition and text-to-speech conversion.
【答案】B
【解析】细节题。根据文章内容，ChatGPT新增了一些能力，包括语音识别和图像识别。
2. Which users currently have access to ChatGPT’s voice and image upgrades?
A. All users of ChatGPT’s main service, GPT-3.5.
B. Only ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users.
C. All developers using ChatGPT.
D. All users of devices with iOS and Android systems.
【答案】B
【解析】细节题。根据文章内容，目前只有ChatGPT Plus和Enterprise用户可以使用语音和图像升级功能。
3. How does ChatGPT’s new voice control feature improve user interaction?
A. It allows users to choose different voices for the chatbot.
B. It provides step-by-step instructions for various tasks.
C. It enables natural communication similar to speaking with a human.
D. It assists in translating podcasts into different languages.
【答案】C
【解析】细节题。根据文章内容，ChatGPT的新声控功能旨在提供一种与人类交流类似的自然交流方式。
4. What does the image recognition feature of ChatGPT allow users to do?
A. Translate text in images into different languages.
B. Identify objects and provide information about them.
C. Convert text into spoken words.
D. Generate step-by-step instructions for cooking.
【答案】B
【解析】细节题。根据文章内容，ChatGPT的图像识别功能允许用户识别物体并提供相关信息。
5. What warning does OpenAI give regarding the use of ChatGPT?
A. It may provide false or outdated information.
B. It can only be used by ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users.
C. It is not compatible with devices using iOS and Android systems.
D. It requires professional voice actors for realistic interactions.
【答案】A
【解析】细节题。根据文章内容，OpenAI警告说ChatGPT因为使用了大量公开可用的信息进行训练，所以可能返回错误、过时或有歧视性的结果，建议用户注意验证聊天机器人提供的信息。
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