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Re: OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look

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Post by crimsoneer »

famouswaffles wrote: post #58
crimsoneer wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...I'm not at all clear what this external review would be for either the UK or Switzerland.

Under a strict reading of the AI Act, advanced voice mode would be illegal because it is the "use of AI systems to infer emotions of a natural person in the areas of workplace and education institutions, except where the use of AI system is intended to be put in place or into the market for medical or safety reasons"

But the AI Act doesn't apply in the UK, and as far as I know doesn't in Switzerland either...?

Re: OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look

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Post by crimsoneer »

ionwake wrote: post #57
crimsoneer wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The blocker definitely isn't the current users of the application, but all the people involved in the creation of the training data.

I dont understand what this statement has to do with the conversation regarding releasing a new voice mode over an existing model thats allowed in the UK

Honestly, it's all speculation, but advanced voice mode is probably trained on significantly more audio recording than the previous voice. So maybe it's more likely to be trained on audio clips that include non-consenting participants.

But yes, the fact is I can't think of any meaningful reason why UK legislation would impact Advanced Voice but not the previous model releases.

Re: OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look

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Post by famouswaffles »

crimsoneer wrote: post #61
famouswaffles wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Under a strict reading of the AI Act, advanced voice mode would be illegal because it is the "use of AI systems to infer emotions of a natural person in the areas of workplace and education institutions, except where the use of AI system is intended to be put in place or into the market for medical or safety reasons"

But the AI Act doesn't apply in the UK, and as far as I know doesn't in Switzerland either...?

Sorry I don't think it does either. Kind of glazed over the fact you were talking about the UK specifically

It's just speculation on my part that that's the actual reason for some of those markets.

It might have to do with (old) EU specific regulations. I know the UK adopted many EU laws to expedite brexit.

Re: OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look

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Post by IncreasePosts »

raverbashing wrote: post #31
martypitt wrote: post #3

> Advanced Voice is not yet available in the EU, the UK, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein. That's disappointing. I wonder if it's related to legal issues, technical issues, or just doing a phased rollout?

I initially thought this had to do with regulation as well, but people trying it over a VPN are complaining about latency, which makes me believe there's a technical (deployment regions) reason for it as well (Also language reasons as well - though it seems it works with other languages) How well does it work in the UK (and understanding its regional accents?)

I doubt they would bother blocking the 1 user from Liechtenstein if it was about keeping the usage numbers low for performance reasons.

Re: OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look

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Post by lxgr »

famouswaffles wrote: post #58
crimsoneer wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...I'm not at all clear what this external review would be for either the UK or Switzerland.

Under a strict reading of the AI Act, advanced voice mode would be illegal because it is the "use of AI systems to infer emotions of a natural person in the areas of workplace and education institutions, except where the use of AI system is intended to be put in place or into the market for medical or safety reasons"

How so (for personal use, at least)?

Re: OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look

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Post by sunaookami »

famouswaffles wrote: post #63
crimsoneer wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But the AI Act doesn't apply in the UK, and as far as I know doesn't in Switzerland either...?

Sorry I don't think it does either. Kind of glazed over the fact you were talking about the UK specifically It's just speculation on my part that that's the actual reason for some of those markets. It might have to do with (old) EU specific regulations. I know the UK adopted many EU laws to expedite brexit.

Someone else on X speculated that it might be in relation to GDPR article 35 and 36. GDPR would make more sense since the UK still has it and I think other non-EU countries are also included/have similar laws.

Re: OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look

#70

Post by famouswaffles »

lxgr wrote: post #68
famouswaffles wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Under a strict reading of the AI Act, advanced voice mode would be illegal because it is the "use of AI systems to infer emotions of a natural person in the areas of workplace and education institutions, except where the use of AI system is intended to be put in place or into the market for medical or safety reasons"

How so (for personal use, at least)?

To be clear,

1. This is just speculation

2. It could just be enough reason to cause review

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