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Audio waveform visualization representing Block's Dessa speech AI trained on human conversation without text conversion

News

Block’s Dessa Drops Text From the Voice AI Pipeline

Block’s Dessa is a speech AI trained only on human conversation, with no text or ...

4 hours ago

Block's Dessa full-duplex speech AI model visualization — sound waves and audio waveforms

AI & Development

Block’s Dessa: The Speech AI That Never Touched Text

Block's Dessa is a full-duplex speech model trained solely on human audio — no text, ...

1 day ago

Split-screen showing a layoff notice on the left and a junior developer at a terminal on the right, representing the AI layoff wave hitting developer jobs in 2026

News

AI Layoffs 2026 Are Killing the Junior Dev Pipeline

Tech cut 150,000 workers in 2026 — 44% faster than last year. AI gets the ...

June 15, 2026

Technology

Tech Layoffs Hit 45,000: AI Automation Replaces Workers

Tech layoffs reached 45,363 in 2026, with 20.4% AI-driven. Amazon cut 16K, Block slashed 40%, ...

March 15, 2026

News

Block AI Layoffs: 4,000 Jobs Cut—Is It AI-Washing?

Block laid off 4,000 employees blaming AI, stock surged 24%. But data shows only 4.5% ...

March 4, 2026