OpenAI’s WebRTC Problem
Summary
A blogger argues that WebRTC is a poor fit for voice AI at scale, citing its lack of buffering, aggressive packet dropping, and heavy reliance on extensive protocol handshakes. The piece critiques OpenAI's use of WebRTC for voice AI, discusses load-balancing and port challenges, and promotes QUIC/WebTransport as a superior alternative. It also covers practical implications for developers and suggests streaming over WebSockets as a simpler, scalable approach.