Jack Dorsey’s company Block has unveiled Dessa, a new AI model trained entirely on human conversations rather than written text.
Jack Dorsey’s company Block has unveiled Dessa, a new AI model trained entirely on human conversations rather than written text.
Built from scratch without pretrained models, Dessa processes speech directly, allowing it to listen and respond simultaneously while capturing laughter, pauses, and emotional nuances. The model can run locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max, with early access currently limited to selected AI safety researchers.