Block Unveils Dessa Speech Model, Seeks Safety Researchers Before Public Access
Block has introduced Dessa, a speech-to-speech AI model, and is inviting a small group of safety researchers to test it for unexpected risks while public access remains unavailable. Block says the model was trained from scratch entirely on human conversation, without text data, and can run locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or better. Dessa can listen and speak simultaneously, with vocal expressions such as laughter, pauses and cries. Block’s shared demonstrations show mostly n…
Latest developmentBlock introduces Dessa, a local voice model with humanlike expression
