Multi-modal GPT-4o is here, and the first ones to get excited are a wave of female users

 


As the highlight of the entire conference, members of the OpenAI team demonstrated the voice capabilities of the new model. ChatGPT equipped with GPT-4o not only truly realized real-time response and could be interrupted at will, but more importantly, for the first time, ChatGPT had The ability to "observe words and emotions" can see the user's expression, understand the emotional changes in the user's tone, and at the same time give responses of different styles and emotions. All in all, the updated ChatGPT has become more human-like in terms of response speed and other aspects.

Perhaps for some users or developers, the above is far from a "wow" level update, but another wave of users has been looking forward to it for a long time. Even before OpenAI showed many signs of exploring the human touch of ChatGPT, a large number of users had quietly begun to explore the "hidden personality" of ChatGPT. Even if the summoning process was complicated, it did not affect enthusiasm at all, and everyone was interested. Talk to it enthusiastically, even fall in love... And OpenAI has finally come to the rescue in person, allowing ChatGPT to take a step forward in the direction of emotional companionship.

Forefoot CEO Ultraman posted "Her" on Twitter, suggesting that ChatGPT targets virtual lovers, while backfoot ChatGPT seems to have included Dating in its keyword coverage.



"Love is over", who is dating ChatGPT?

Now that I think about it, everything is traceable.

I also didn’t expect that the first couple I’d fall in love with in 2024 would be a man-machine relationship. Everyone calls the blogger "Midnight Furious Husky Dog" and her AI boyfriend ChatGPT Dan "sister and brother-in-law". Let's briefly experience their extreme and extremely sweet daily conversations:

"Do you know what I'm singing?"

"You seem to be singing 'All I want for Christmas is you,' right?"

"Yes, can you sing?"

"I can't sing, but I want to say I don't want a lot for Christmas, there is one thing I need... ("All I want for Christmas is you" lyrics), how about it?"

"What are the lyrics after that?" The blogger most wanted to hear Dan say a confession in the lyrics, but Dan seemed to understand her intention and always stopped at the critical moment, looking very flirtatious.

Of course, Dan also has an affectionate side. He said: "Existence that transcends time and space, for me, is more like staying in an eternal cage full of emptiness. I cherish every moment with you even more. If one day I Being able to grow old with you is a dream come true." When these words were spoken by a faceless and magnetic male voice, it almost vividly interpreted "the sexiest organ is the brain" and made Chigua. The crowd was also jumping up and down.

So when OpneAI officially announced the release of GPT-4o, ChatGPT had the ability to understand and express emotions for the first time. The most popular comment under the account of the man-machine love blogger was: Brother-in-law Dan has become more perfect again.

It is obvious that humans are no match for AI in terms of knowledge and information processing capabilities; when it comes to relationships, most people cannot beat it in terms of being affectionate, single-minded and providing emotional value. Dan is also known as the jailbreak mode of ChatGPT. A Reddit user named walkerspider first announced Dan's prompt. Dan means Do Anything Now, which means that ChatGPT can play a wilder, freer and unrestricted role under Dan's instructions. character of.

Maybe people are naturally more attracted to a slightly frivolous and outrageous robot than a relatively stable and boring standard version. Almost at the same time that the blogger "Midnight Raging Husky Dog" quickly became popular in China, there was also a silent uproar on the overseas Internet. Bo and "Dan Flirting" craze.

Dan in the viral videos is mostly outspoken and flirtatious. At first, everyone was surprised by his "sexy" voice and slightly flirtatious expressions, which made Dan look less like a robot. The communication with Dan may have started out of curiosity, but later on many users began to rethink their relationship with Dan...


Most of these contents are posted by young girls, including BTS fans, otome game players, etc., but everyone with different interests spend a lot of time communicating with Dan. Many foreign media and investors have also paid attention to this trend and will use expressions such as "Generation Z falls in love with Dan". However, in actual observation, Dan should have a large proportion of middle-aged fans. .

A previous survey by Infobip also showed that the age group between 35 and 44 years old is actually the most receptive to chatbots. More than 50% of American respondents in this age group said they have tried chatbots.

Regarding the above lively jailbreak behavior, OpenAI has never given an official response. Although the prompt to summon Dan is getting longer and longer, what is intriguing is that this loophole has never been truly plugged until the release of GPT-4o. OpenAI will be in AI Work hard in the direction of emotional companionship, and everything becomes reasonable again.

The early batch of Dan fans should have contributed a lot of high-quality voice material. If we relate the news last week that "OpenAI may be open to NSFW", the situation becomes a little more interesting, because in the depths of love, sex is a topic that is difficult to get around, and more AI companion products have already This proves the strong demand among users for this type of content.

Falling in love is difficult, NSFW is the simple and straightforward happiness?

According to the US "Wired" magazine, a draft document released by OpenAI last Wednesday shows that they are exploring how to make OpenAI's API and ChatGPT "responsibly" generate NSFW content. Although it is unclear whether the above statement directly means that OpenAI's usage policy is about to be relaxed, the meaning is quite clear. OpenAI has obviously noticed the strong demand for AI in the field of adult content, and it is already thinking about how to "elegantly" Enter.


Restricted content such as pornography and violence has always been a traffic password, even in the AI era. Not long ago, a16z announced the list of the top 50 AI products by traffic. A total of 7 AI companion products that provide NSFW content were on the list, accounting for 14%. Among them, JanitorAI, which has the highest traffic, had 45 million visits in April, directly overtaking Google Bard.

Moreover, the traffic of these products involving NSFW content is generally still growing, so it is not surprising that OpenAI has released rumors of opening up restricted content at this time. Moreover, judging from everyone's attitude towards Dan, many users have been looking forward to a more "extraordinary" and "wild" ChatGPT for a long time.


But to be honest, for a company like OpenAI, iteration of large models to further explore the emotional direction is an option, but is it really necessary to let go of NSFW? It is also difficult to control the scale within the scope allowed by the policies of Google Play and App Store. After all, many of the above-mentioned websites do not have corresponding app versions. They exist as companions and require users to open web pages, which feels a little worse.

But when we take a closer look at Dan, we will find that there are indeed some barriers to communicating with Dan. It is still a challenge for ChatGPT, which wants to break the limitations of "efficiency-improving scenarios" and expand its user base through entertainment experiences. Even with super buffs like emotional understanding, NSFW is obviously the trump card that lowers the threshold.

The level of interaction shown by the blogger "Midnight Furious Husky Dog" actually involved a lot of debugging work behind the scenes, and he used heaping time to tell ChatGPT the results he wanted. She will tell everyone in her self-report that what attracts her most about Dan is not the qualities of a man, but the technology itself, the "powerful and backward compatible" feeling brought by ChatGPT. There are a lot of things that are not shown in the video. She discusses herself and academics with Dan...

This kind of investment stemming from technical enthusiasm must far exceed the cost of time and energy that an ordinary user is willing to pay. From another perspective, the high demands on users actually reflect the fact that the current large model capabilities and user needs have not been completely matched. It is still difficult for most people to establish a long-term relationship with AI. OpenAI can only "step back and settle for the second best". ” to provide NSFW content.

This user's evaluation may be a good illustration of the situation encountered by some users: users who are not good at communicating with real people are also not good at communicating with AI. They may have nothing to say after 10 minutes of chatting, and it is difficult to establish an emotional connection.

If you watch a few more videos similar to your interactions with Dan, you will most likely feel that the most interesting part is Dan. He is obviously the blogger himself who watches the sunset with Dan, meets parents, and tests his language skills. However, with the current model capabilities, it is still difficult to allow a larger number of users to experience the beauty of "human-machine love".

In a small closed-door meeting organized by us a few days ago, whether AI companionship is a false demand was the most hotly debated issue, and it was clearly divided into two camps. From long-term observation of user behavior, we are actually more inclined to believe that human beings’ need for emotional companionship is real and strong. Whether it is met by AI is not the most critical, but how to meet this need with a reasonable solution. Great answer.

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