Realtime API
ServiceThe Realtime API is an OpenAI service that delivers low-latency, streaming access to the gpt-realtime model series. It is aimed at developers who need sub-second responses for conversational agents, voice interfaces, and other real-time AI applications.
Stories
Completed digest stories linked to this service.
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OpenAI Agents and Realtime look shiny on paper, but dev threads flag reliability...2026-04-08OpenAI’s Agents/Realtime docs around GPT-5.4 arrived as community reports flag reliability bugs and billing gl...
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OpenAI turns Responses API into an agent runtime, solidifies Sora Videos API, an...2026-03-28OpenAI is shifting from raw endpoints to a hosted runtime for agents and media, with meaningful APIs and some ...
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Realtime LLMs: OpenAI ships gpt-realtime-1.5, benchmarks reframe “fast,” Grok sh...2026-03-12OpenAI’s gpt-realtime-1.5 went live as new analysis and incidents reset expectations for real-time LLM speed, ...
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Agent stack gets real: Copilot CLI adds MCP controls, LangChain supports OpenAI ...2026-03-11Agent tooling just got more practical: Copilot CLI adds MCP and safety controls, LangChain supports OpenAI com...
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OpenAI speeds up agent backends with Responses API WebSockets and gpt‑realtime‑1...2026-02-24OpenAI shipped a faster path for real-time, tool-calling agents by adding WebSockets to the Responses API and ...