OpenAI adds Whisper (whisper-1) speech-to-text capability to the API

AI Impact Summary

OpenAI is introducing Whisper as a new speech-to-text capability via the API (model whisper-1). This enables automated transcription and captioning for audio assets and real-time voice workflows within apps. Technical teams should plan for ingestion of audio in supported formats, chunking long files, latency and cost considerations, and compliance/privacy implications when transcribing user data.