Why it matters
My AI voice tutor doesn't run on a frontier model. It runs on a small one, and the reason isn't cost. It's that voice lives or dies on latency, and the scaffolding around the model is what makes it feel smart anyway. When you build a voice agent the clock is brutal. A pause longer than a held breath feels broken, so yo
My takeaway: Your Voice Agent Doesn't Need a Frontier Model - Joel Allou & Ornella Bahidika, Microsoft is an agent-security signal. The practical read is that autonomy, memory, tool permissions, and third-party integrations are the control surface that needs threat modeling and monitoring.