Block's Dessa AI model talks like an awkward friend
block announces dessa ai model trained on human conversation, aims to improve speech-to-speech interaction. affects ai safety research.
block, led by jack dorsey, unveiled dessa, a speech-to-speech ai model trained solely on human conversation. dessa's conversations can be occasionally awkward, such as mistaking a speaker for 'ronaldo'. the model can run locally on a macbook pro m4 max. block's goals for dessa include curiosity, better human-ai understanding, and safety. the team will give early access to a small group of ai safety researchers.