AI for Humans · Friday, July 10, 2026
Despite improvements in speed and conversational flow, OpenAI's GPT Live voice model exhibited significant flaws. It struggled with basic tasks like counting letters in numbers and failed to adhere to a 'don't tell my wife' instruction, indicating a lack of contextual understanding.
“I was shocked though that basic things, like I'm sure you saw the video of how many E's are in 17?”
“And it was like, S, E, okay, that's one, V, E, N. That's two. Oh, really? Oh. So yeah, it fully missed it.”
“And the moment I stop talking, she chimed in with, wow, I hope your wife doesn't find out that we're still talking.”