Twitch and Streamlabs teamed up to make Xbox streams look better

OpenAI says the model isn’t available for broad use for precisely that reason; it’s going to be much more controlled and restrained to specific use cases and partnerships. OpenAI is working with Spotify to translate podcasts into other languages, for instance, all while retaining the sound of the podcaster’s voice. There are lots of interesting uses for synthetic voices, and OpenAI could be a big part of that industry. What’s more, you can use your smartphone or tablet as a webcam and layer that into your stream.

Streamlabs Studio will let creators add widgets and overlays without the need for a capture card.

OpenAI says it has deliberately limited ChatGPT’s “ability to analyze and make direct statements about people” both for accuracy and privacy reasons. That means one of the most sci-fi visions for AI — the ability to look at someone and say, “Who is that? Typically, Twitch streamers who broadcast their console gameplay have had to run the video through a PC with the help of a capture card if they want to add bells and whistles like onscreen donation alerts or custom layouts. Xbox owners can now select “Streamlabs” as a destination in the Twitch app and log into the Streamlabs Studio website to customize their stream.

You can now prompt ChatGPT with pictures and voice commands

Streamlabs Studio can also capture audio from a headset plugged into a controller or video from a webcam that’s connected to an Xbox and include those feeds in broadcasts. The super-popular AI chatbot has always just been a text box. Meanwhile, Microsoft is currently testing an option that makes Twitch streaming easier on Xbox consoles. It brought the Console Live Streaming feature to Xbox Insiders on the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring last month.

Streamlabs Studio will let creators add widgets and overlays without the need for a capture card.

The site works on mobile and tablets, so you don’t even need a PC to personalize your stream or switch between preset scenes. “Live streaming gives viewers unprecedented access to their favorite creators. Real-time viewer engagement via chat and alerts create incredible shared experiences,” Ashray Urs, Streamlabs’ head of product, said in a statement. Streamlabs Studio isn’t free — it costs $5/month or $50/year. However, it could help Twitch streamers who don’t have a capture card or capable PC to make their broadcasts stand out from the pack. But the fact that you can build a capable synthetic voice with just a few seconds of audio also opens the door for all kinds of problematic use cases. “These capabilities also present new risks, such as the potential for malicious actors to impersonate public figures or commit fraud,” the company says in a blog post announcing the new features.

• Streamlabs Studio can also capture audio from a headset plugged into a controller or video from a webcam that’s connected to an Xbox and include those feeds in broadcasts.
• Meanwhile, Microsoft is currently testing an option that makes Twitch streaming easier on Xbox consoles.
• “These capabilities also present new risks, such as the potential for malicious actors to impersonate public figures or commit fraud,” the company says in a blog post announcing the new features.
• Streamlabs has teamed up with Twitch to help streamers improve broadcasts from an Xbox — without the need for a capture card.
• Xbox owners can now select “Streamlabs” as a destination in the Twitch app and log into the Streamlabs Studio website to customize their stream.

You can now prompt ChatGPT with pictures and voice commands

With these releases, the company attempted to walk that line by deliberately capping what its new models could do. As more people use voice control and image search, and as ChatGPT inches closer to being a truly multimodal, useful virtual assistant, it’ll get harder and harder to keep the guardrails on. One is what could happen when you prompt a chatbot about a person.

Streamlabs has teamed up with Twitch to help streamers improve broadcasts from an Xbox — without the need for a capture card. The web-based Streamlabs Studio will let streamers customize their broadcasts with widgets and overlays, such as a chat panel or live stream alerts. Almost a year after ChatGPT’s initial launch, OpenAI seems to still be trying to figure out how to give its bot more features and capabilities without creating new sets of problems and downsides.