
GPT-Realtime-2
OpenAI's second-generation real-time audio model with GPT-5-class reasoning, 128K context, five reasoning levels, and parallel tool calling - now generally available in the Realtime API.
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OpenAI's second-generation real-time audio model with GPT-5-class reasoning, 128K context, five reasoning levels, and parallel tool calling - now generally available in the Realtime API.

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