What are the ’12 days of OpenAI’?
OpenAI announced a 12-day live stream event series, dubbed "12 days of OpenAI," starting on Dec. 5. Each day, the company will host a live stream featuring a launch or demo of new features, some of which are "big ones" and others that are "stocking stuffers."
What has been dropped so far?
Friday, December 13
One of the most highly requested features, an organizational feature to better keep track of conversations, was released today. This feature is called "Projects." Projects is a way to organize and customize your chats in ChatGPT, meant to optimize the core experience of ChatGPT.
Thursday, December 12
When the live stream started, OpenAI addressed the issue of the previous day’s live stream going down and apologized for the inconvenience. The company then announced a highly-anticipated feature:
- Advanced Voice Mode now has screen-sharing and visual capabilities, allowing it to assist with the context of what it is viewing.
Wednesday, December 11
Apple released iOS 18.2, which includes integrations with ChatGPT across Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence. Today’s live stream focused on walking through the integration.
- Siri can now recognize when you ask questions outside its scope that could benefit from being answered by ChatGPT instead.
- Writing Tools now features a new "Compose" tool, which allows users to create text from scratch by leveraging ChatGPT.
Tuesday, December 10
Canvas is coming to all web users, regardless of plan, in GPT-4o.
- Canvas has been built into GPT-4o natively, meaning you can just call on Canvas instead of having to go to the toggle on the model selector.
- Canvas can also be used with custom GPTs.
Monday, December 9
OpenAI teased the third-day announcement as "something you’ve been waiting for," followed by the much-anticipated drop of its video model — Sora.
Friday, December 6
On the second day of "shipmas," OpenAI expanded access to its Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program.
Where can you access the live stream?
The live streams are held on the OpenAI website and posted to its YouTube channel immediately after. To make access easier, OpenAI will also post a link to the live stream on its X account 10 minutes before it starts.
Conclusion
The "12 days of OpenAI" event series has seen the release of several new features, including Projects, Advanced Voice Mode, iOS 18.2 integrations, Canvas, Sora, and Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program. These features aim to improve the user experience of ChatGPT and push the boundaries of AI technology.
FAQs
Q: What is the "12 days of OpenAI" event series?
A: The "12 days of OpenAI" is a 12-day live stream event series hosted by OpenAI, featuring the launch or demo of new features.
Q: What kind of features are being released during the "12 days of OpenAI"?
A: Features include organizational tools, video generation, screen-sharing and visual capabilities, and integrations with other Apple apps.
Q: How can I access the live streams?
A: The live streams are held on the OpenAI website and posted to its YouTube channel immediately after. A link will also be posted on the OpenAI X account 10 minutes before the start of each live stream.
