OpenAI is making ChatGPT sound like Santa at Christmas.
The startup announced Thursday that ChatGPT users will have access to a new “Santa Mode” voice for December. This feature allows users to converse using ChatGPT's existing real-time audio feature, Advanced Voice Mode, but with a Christmas twist. It sounds exactly as “cheerful and upbeat” as OpenAI puts it. Imagine being boomy and cheerful. More or less like every Santa you've ever heard of.
ChatGPT Santa Mode Image Credit: OpenAI
OpenAI will release this feature ahead of the 2024 holiday season. This time of year, many families with young children will be stuck at home all day and will be in Santa mode a lot. OpenAI also added visual understanding to ChatGPT on Thursday as part of the 12-day OpenAI event, allowing AI systems to understand live video from cameras. This means that Santa Mode can not only talk to your family, but also “see” them.
Santa Mode will appear as a snowflake icon on the right side of ChatGPT's prompt bar and will be rolling out to all users of mobile, web, and ChatGPT MacOS and Windows desktop apps starting today. The company says chats with Santa will not be saved in your chat history or affect your memory.