Block unveils Dessa, a "true speech-to-speech" AI model trained on "nothing but human conversation" that it says runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or better (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Block is inviting a small group of AI safety researchers to test Dessa’s capabilities and limits.
Jack Dorsey says the model captures emotion, pauses and natural conversational cadence. Block’s demonstrations include a guessing game played through spoken conversation. Reactions collected by Techmeme praise the humanlike delivery while raising concerns about scam calls and people mistaking AI voices for humans.
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Jack Dorsey says the model captures emotion, pauses and natural conversational cadence. Block’s demonstrations include a guessing game played through spoken conversation. Reactions collected by Techmeme praise the humanlike delivery while raising concerns about scam calls and people mistaking AI voices for humans.
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