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Oct 23, 2026

Block releases Dessa speech AI model trained entirely on human audio

Jack Dorsey's Block announced Dessa, an AI speech model that processes audio directly without text conversion to recognize emotions, sarcasm, and other vocal cues. The model was trained entirely on human speech rather than text-to-speech synthesis.

Oct 23, 2026·2 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪Block is withholding a public release for Dessa while offering early access to AI safety researchers for unexpected risk testing
  • ▪Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, announced an AI speech model named Dessa
  • ▪Dessa processes direct audio signals to capture emotional tones, sarcasm, laughter, and pauses in real time

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Jack Dorsey

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AI applications1AI Models1AI training data1Audio1Generative AI1Speech1

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