Essay says Gibson’s AI assistant Eunice is nearly here
The post likens Eunice’s off-screen actions in Agency to GPT-Live, Dessa, Dots and Muse.
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8 articles · newest firstBlock releases Dessa, a local full-duplex speech model
Dessa is not publicly available, and Block has asked safety researchers to test it first.
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Block unveils Dessa, a speech-only model not yet public
It runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max, was trained on one NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, and Block wants security testers.
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Block privacy notice covers the dessa.com speech service
The October 21 notice covers only dessa.com, not Square, Cash App, Afterpay, or TIDAL.
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Woman faces up to six years over a Cash App account she never opened
Amanda Smith spent three nights in a Pennsylvania jail after a Facebook Marketplace scam sent $1,000 to an account opened with her identity.
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Woman charged over a Cash App account she says she never opened
404 Media says account address and network details did not match Amanda Smith, whose case remains ongoing.
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Woman faces prison after scammer opened a Cash App in her name
Amanda Smith is charged in Arkansas over a $1,000 Facebook Marketplace payment to an account using her SSN.
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How Block is building AI-powered security with OpenAI technology
Block reports using OpenAI Daybreak to speed alert triage, investigations, and vulnerability patching.
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