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Block releases Dessa speech AI

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Block, Jack Dorsey's company, has released Dessa, a speech-to-speech AI model trained from scratch solely on human conversation. Block shared sample chats that it describes as mostly natural but occasionally awkward. No details were given on availability, pricing, or how the model compares with others.

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Oct 23
  1. The Verge · AI
    Block releases Dessa, a speech-to-speech AI model trained only on human conversation

    Jack Dorsey's Block announced Dessa, an AI model trained from scratch on nothing but human conversation. Block shared sample chats that are mostly natural but occasionally awkward.

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