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OpenAI are in the holiday spirit as they include an all-new ‘Santa Mode’ into ChatGPT, alongside their other pre-Christmas celebrations.
A Santa voice is being rolled out to everyone across all ChatGPT platforms from this week (December 12) in Voice Mode.
With this new addition, people can speak to ‘Santa’ who will take over the voice of the chatbot. The voice will be available to use until the end of the month. The company writes in an X post that he will then “retire back to the North Pole.”
Say ho ho ho to Santa in Voice Mode 🎅
Santa is rolling out today to everyone across all ChatGPT platforms and is available until the end of the month…then he will retire back to the North Pole. pic.twitter.com/NVS9bRok4r
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) December 12, 2024
To chat with Saint Nick, users can simply tap on the snowflake or select the voice in ChatGPT settings. Another way to access it is through clicking on Voice Mode and navigating to the voice picker in the upper right-hand corner.
OpenAI carry on the festivities as they roll out Santa voice amidst new features
It was on December 5 when the company announced it would be starting the ‘12 Days of OpenAI’ which includes 12 days, 12 livestreams, and “a bunch of new things, big and small.”
Since its arrival, we’ve had some major announcements take place including the introduction of the long-awaited AI video generator Sora. This was on day three, with OpenAI stating they were moving the model out of the research preview.
On day one, the company shared news of its new subscription offering named ChatGPT Pro which is a $200 monthly plan. On the same day, they shared details about the OpenAI o1 System Card.
Day two saw applications to its ‘Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program’ open as the AI-focused company said it was “expanding alpha access to Reinforcement Fine-Tuning and inviting researchers, universities, and enterprises with complex tasks to apply.”
After Sora, on day four, three team members did a video sharing information about the Canvas interface.
On day five, CEO Sam Altman and two colleagues donned festive sweaters and shared that ChatGPT is now integrated into Apple experiences within iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
Then, it was day six which brought the Santa mode and the news of the rollout of Advanced Voice with vision.
Featured Image: Screenshot via OpenAI account on X
