OpenAI launches ChatGPT and Whisper APIs for production integration

AI Impact Summary

OpenAI has released ChatGPT and Whisper APIs, enabling programmatic access to conversational AI and speech-to-text capabilities. This shifts these models from consumer-only products to production-grade APIs with usage-based pricing, allowing teams to integrate real-time conversation and audio transcription into applications. The APIs support streaming responses and batch processing, making them suitable for customer-facing chatbots, voice assistants, and transcription workflows at scale.