New speech-to-speech models are natural talkers but still need hybridizing to finish tasks reliably
alexisgallagher · x · 2026-11-05
alexisgallagher adds a caveat to the excitement over new speech-to-speech models: they're more conversationally natural, but to reliably complete tasks they still need improvement or hybridization with traditional models.
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