Dessa

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1. 24 Oct
   Block unveils Dessa, a speech-to-speech AI model trained on human conversations

   Block, the company led by Jack Dorsey, announced Dessa, a speech-to-speech AI model trained only on human conversation and demonstrated via shared chat clips. The team says Dessa can run locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or better and was built out of curiosity and to explore natural-sounding voice interactions.

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2. 24 Oct
   Block publishes privacy notice for Dessa website, shared on Hacker News

   A Hacker News post titled "Dessa: the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built" links to a Privacy Notice from Block, Inc. The notice, effective October 21, 2026, explains how Block collects and processes information when people use dessa.com and excludes other Block products and employment candidate processing.

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