Large language models have given AI the edge it has today, but one of their more obscure uses is improved voice dictation. We saw a version of it in Gboard, which lets you talk to your phone in natural language and have it convert your speech into text, complete with emoji and punctuation. I rely on a standalone tool called Wispr Flow to achieve similar results on my Mac and avoid typing out long texts and emails.I always thought that since Google is already so good with voice dictation on Android through Gboard, a Google tool for desktop would wipe the floor with anything else on the market. But as it turns out, I was completely wrong. Google’s AI Edge Eloquent works along the same lines as Wispr Flow, with the only exception that it performs much worse — so much so that it’s mostly unusable for any kind of serious work.