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OpenAI ships three new realtime voice models — GA, GPT-5-class reasoning, 70-language translation

On May 7, 2026, OpenAI took the Realtime API out of beta and launched three new voice models: GPT-Realtime-2 (the first voice model with GPT-5-class reasoning), GPT-Realtime-Translate (70 input languages → 13 output languages, live), and GPT-Realtime-Whisper (streaming speech-to-text). The release puts voice-AI on a 'listen-reason-translate-act' arc that affects ElevenLabs, the call-center category, and any product that handles spoken-language input.