Block’s new voice AI sounds eerily human, sparking awe and scam fears
Reactions split between amazement at how human it sounds and fears it could fuel scams and deception, with CZ eyeing uses in children’s education.
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- Block unveiled Dessa, a voice AI trained only on human speech that talks without text and runs locally on a MacBook Pro with an M4 Max chip.
- Reactions split between amazement at how human it sounds and fears it could fuel scams and deception, with CZ eyeing uses in children’s education.
- Block hasn’t disclosed model size, benchmarks or a release date; the research preview is going first to a small group of AI safety researchers.
