The AI industry has a model design problem. Enterprises are starting to feel it in cost, performance, and reliability. AI can talk – but can it listen? Listening is far more than simply processing words; it’s about interpreting signals and understanding nuance to make decisions in real time. But most “voice” models are built to transcribe tokens, not to recognize the subtle meaning hidden in a conversation. That means they’re missing crucial information. In environments like voice, context…