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Block's Dessa Voice Model Offers Human-like Interaction

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Confidence
70%
Impact: 60%
Updated 6m ago

Consensus Brief

Block, founded by Jack Dorsey, has released a new voice model named Dessa that operates locally and mimics human speech with emotional expressions. The model is designed to facilitate more natural conversations by being fully-duplex, allowing it to talk and listen simultaneously.

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Primary: TechCrunch

What Changed Since Last Update

6m ago

New corroborating source added: TechCrunch published an update on Sat, 24 Oc ("Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human").

Claim Ledger

4 claims tracked across sources

Confirmed Fact

Dessa is trained fully on human speech and a single NVIDIA GPU.

Confirmed Fact

Dessa can run locally on consumer-grade computers such as a MacBook M4 Max or better.

Official Claim

Block is calling for safety researchers to test the model.

Official Claim

Dessa's knowledge stems from conversational data it has.

Role-Based Impact Analysis

Source Timeline

8 sources corroborating

Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human
TechCrunch·1h ago
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Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human
TechCrunch·1h ago
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Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human
TechCrunch·1h ago
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Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human
TechCrunch·1h ago
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Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human
TechCrunch·1h ago
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Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human
TechCrunch·1h ago
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Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human
TechCrunch·1h ago
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Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human
TechCrunch·1h ago