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Jack Dorsey's Block unveils conversational AI model Dessa

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Jack Dorsey's company Block has developed an AI model named Dessa, which is designed to converse like a human. Dessa was trained exclusively on human conversations to achieve its conversational abilities. Block has shared examples of Dessa's interactions to demonstrate its unique, somewhat awkward, conversational style. AI

IMPACT This new conversational AI model, Dessa, could offer a unique user experience in chatbot interactions.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes the release of a new AI model by a company, which falls under the 'tool' category as it's not a frontier release from a major AI lab.

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Jack Dorsey's Block unveils conversational AI model Dessa

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend Jack Dorsey's Block announced an AI model called Dessa that's trained "from

    📰 Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend Jack Dorsey's Block announced an AI model called Dessa that's trained "from scratch on nothing but human conversation," and to show off the model, Block shared chats it has had with humans that ca…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/jack-dorsey-block-dessa-ai…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Jack Dorsey's Block announced an AI model called Dessa that's trained "from scratch on nothing but human conversation," and to show off the model, Block shared

    Jack Dorsey's Block announced an AI model called Dessa that's trained "from scratch on nothing but human conversation," and to show off the model, Block shared chats it has had with humans that can occasionally be a little awkward and uncanny. Take this one, for example, shared b…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/jack-dorsey-block-dessa-ai…

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