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Block's new AI model Dessa was trained entirely on human speech to catch emotions text-based models miss

Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, has introduced Dessa, a speech model that processes audio directly instead of converting it to text first. Dessa is designed to recognize emotions, sarcasm, and pauses in real time. The model runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max but isn't publicly avai…

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  1. 2026-10-24 14:09 · The Decoder
    Block's new AI model Dessa was trained entirely on human speech to catch emotions text-based models miss

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