---
title: "Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/jack-dorseys-block-made-an-ai-model-that-talks-to-you-like-an-awkward-30b96c7a
published: 2026-10-23T19:32:39.000Z
byline: "Source: The Verge AI"
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# Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend

Source: The Verge AI · Published 2026-10-23 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/jack-dorseys-block-made-an-ai-model-that-talks-to-you-like-an-awkward-30b96c7a

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 by Dessa lead Ragavan Thurairatnam. The conversation between \[\&\#8230;\]

## Sources

- [Read the original at The Verge AI](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1017906/jack-dorsey-block-dessa-ai-voice-speech)

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