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Execs say voice AI hasn't had its ChatGPT moment yet

Voice AI systems fail because they struggle to understand context and misinterpret user intent, causing processing to collapse—unlike that one drive-thru speaker that nails the pickles.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTech executives say voice AI hasn't had its ChatGPT moment yet. The issue is context.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt misses the point of what you meant, and the whole pipeline breaks.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorKenji, that's every drive-through I've ever loved. I ask for a coffee, I get a bag of hash browns and a feeling.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYou talk to the box? Out loud?

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEvery morning. That speaker has misheard me for eleven years and I'd take a bullet for it.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo you've been the beta test. Unpaid. Eleven years of context the machine never got.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd I'd do it again. The pickles were worth it.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe execs say it's close. One big breakthrough away.

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorGreat news. The speaker just told me to pull forward. Hashtag, extra pickles.

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