Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend
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Block training Dessa “from scratch on nothing but human conversation” is a bet that tone and social nuance—not raw IQ—will differentiate assistants. If you’re building consumer-facing agents, your moat may be in how they make people feel, not just how fast they answer.
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