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Infini-AI-Lab releases Hermit framework; Block unveils Dessa speech model

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Infini-AI-Lab has launched Hermit, an open-source framework designed to train AI agents by providing an external layer of instructions, skills, memory, and tools based on task feedback. Concurrently, Block's AI lab has introduced Dessa, a full-duplex speech-to-speech model that operates locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max, trained exclusively on human conversation audio. AI

IMPACT New open-source tools emerge for AI agent development and local speech processing.

RANK_REASON The cluster reports on the release of two distinct AI tools/frameworks, neither of which are from a frontier lab.

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Infini-AI-Lab releases Hermit framework; Block unveils Dessa speech model

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

    📰 Infini-AI-Lab Releases Hermit, an Open-Source Harness Adapter Framework for AI Agents Infini-AI-Lab released Hermit, an Apache-2.0 harness adapter framework t

    📰 Infini-AI-Lab Releases Hermit, an Open-Source Harness Adapter Framework for AI Agents Infini-AI-Lab released Hermit, an Apache-2.0 harness adapter framework that trains an external layer of instructions, skills, memory and tools from task feedback, leaving the agent’s model and…

    LINKS marktechpost.com/…/infini-ai-lab-hermit-h…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Block Unveils Dessa, a Full-Duplex Speech Model Trained Only on Speech Block’s AI lab released Dessa, a full-duplex speech-to-speech model trained only on hum

    📰 Block Unveils Dessa, a Full-Duplex Speech Model Trained Only on Speech Block’s AI lab released Dessa, a full-duplex speech-to-speech model trained only on human conversation audio. It runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max, but Block has published no size, benchmarks or... 📰 Sour…

    LINKS marktechpost.com/…/block-dessa-full-duple…

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