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Block's AI research lab has released the full-duplex speech model Dessa, opening a waitlist as a research preview. According to MarkTechPost, the model was trained only on human voice conversation audio, without using text or pretrained models, and can run locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or higher configuration, faster than real time; training used one NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 (72 GPUs). No benchmark scores, parameter count, weights, paper, or API have been released so far.
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Block Releases Dessa, a Fully Duplex Speech Model Trained Purely on Speech
Block's AI research lab has released Dessa, a full-duplex speech model, opening a waitlist in the form of a research preview. It is trained only on human voice conversation audio, without using text or pretrained models. The model can run locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or higher configuration, faster than real time; training used one NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 (72 GPUs). No benchmark scores, parameter count, weights, paper, or API have been published so far.