The ‘brownie recipe problem’: why LLMs must have fine-grained context to deliver real-time results

Published: (February 4, 2026 at 02:56 PM EST)
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Source: VentureBeat

The Brownie Recipe Problem

Today’s LLMs excel at reasoning, but can still struggle with context. This is particularly true in real-time ordering systems like Instacart. Instacart CTO Anirban Kundu calls it the “brownie recipe problem.” It’s not as simple as telling an LLM ‘I want to make brownies.’ To be truly assistive whe…

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