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Italiano(IT) Dessa, la voce AI di Block, ha imparato a parlare solo ascoltando conversazioni umane, senza mai passare dal testo: ascolta mentre parla, ride al momento giusto

Block's AI Dessa learns to speak by listening to human conversations

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Block's AI voice, Dessa, has been developed to understand human conversations solely through audio, bypassing text entirely. This AI can discern nuances like sarcasm and sighs, and even laughs at appropriate moments. Dessa operates locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max, and its capabilities are being discussed on the podcast TalkOne. AI

IMPACT This development could lead to more natural and emotionally intelligent AI assistants, improving user comfort and interaction.

RANK_REASON AI model release with novel training methodology. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Block's AI Dessa learns to speak by listening to human conversations

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · [email protected] ·

    Dessa, Block’s AI voice, learned to speak just by listening to human conversations, never going through text: listen as it speaks, laughs at the right time

    Dessa, la voce AI di Block, ha imparato a parlare solo ascoltando conversazioni umane, senza mai passare dal testo: ascolta mentre parla, ride al momento giusto, sente sarcasmo e sospiri. Gira in locale su un MacBook Pro M4 Max. Ne parliamo in circa 6 minuti su TalkOne con Luca e…

    LINKS open.spotify.com/…/4J5JLYv21mkv2GyAE9Nwa2

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