Models · Updated 24 Oct, 01:02 am IST
Block unveils Dessa, a speech-to-speech AI model trained on human conversations
Why it matters for readers: You can listen to the demos to judge how close current models are to sounding like real human conversation.
- Block announced an AI model called Dessa that is trained "from scratch on nothing but human conversation,"1
- Block shared demonstration clips showing Dessa in voice conversations and a guessing-game video, with some awkward or uncanny moments.1
- The Dessa website describes it as a "true speech-to-speech model" that can run locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or better.1
- Dessa lead Ragavan Thurairatnam shared example conversations, and the team said the project was motivated by curiosity and fun.1
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