AI NewsOpenAI to Retire Advanced and Standard Voice Models in ChatGPT Next Month as GPT-Live Usage Spikes
OpenAI to Retire Advanced and Standard Voice Models in ChatGPT Next Month as GPT-Live Usage Spikes
6:38 PM IST ยท November 11, 2026

OpenAI launched GPT-Live earlier this year, in July, as the Sam Altman-led AI giant's latest voice model. Since its introduction, the US-based company has witnessed a notable spike in its usage. Now, the ChatGPT developer has announced that it will be retiring the Advanced and Standard Voice models next month, as most users have transitioned to the new GPT-Live voice model. However, the chatbot will retain user conversations with the Advanced and Standard models. While ChatGPT Voice will no longer be powered by the two speech-to-text and turn-based voice models, select functionalities will remain based on one of the models.
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