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This Wednesday morning, OpenAI is making headlines with a major voice upgrade for ChatGPT, alongside new scheduling features and a significant partnership. Both Lapaas Voice and thewincentral.com confirm OpenAI is preparing a next-generation voice system, tentatively called GPT-Bidi-1. This "bidirectional" processing means ChatGPT won't wait for you to finish speaking, but will adapt in real-time for more natural, continuous conversations. This could offer different intelligence tiers, from "Bidi High" for complex tasks to "Bidi Instant" for quick chats. Meanwhile, 9to5Mac, Pulse 2.0, and Engadget all report OpenAI is rolling out a new "Scheduled" tasks feature for ChatGPT, replacing the existing Pulse. Users can now ask ChatGPT to send reminders, manage recurring work, or monitor information, with a dedicated page to view, edit, or delete tasks. This makes ChatGPT a more proactive assistant for recurring workflows. In other news, TradingView reports Nykaa shares are up over three percent today after partnering with OpenAI to integrate its shopping experience directly into ChatGPT, allowing Indian users to discover and shop products without leaving the chat interface. However, not all news is positive for OpenAI. PCMag UK notes ChatGPT's market share dipped below 50% for the first time in March, reaching 46%, with competition from Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude. This dip coincided with a surge in uninstalls following OpenAI's agreement to work with the Pentagon, while Claude, which declined a similar partnership, saw increased adoption. Additionally, Tech Times warns that agentic web browsers like OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas, while powerful, have inherent security flaws due to prompt injection, a problem unlikely to be fully solved. This means consumers could soon experience much more fluid AI conversations and automated task management, but they should also be aware of potential security risks with new AI browsing tools and consider the evolving landscape of AI providers.