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Jack Dorsey’s Block Introduces Dessa, an Emotionally Expressive Voice AI That Runs Locally

Block, the company led by Jack Dorsey, has released Dessa, a new voice model from its research lab that runs locally and produces strikingly human expressions such as laughter, pauses and crying.

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