Dessa is Square’s deep learning launchpad, where our team uses the technology to help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. We do this by incorporating deep learning into Square’s existing ecosystem of products designed for economic empowerment, and through Dessa Labs, a collection of projects that tackle issues in high-impact areas like deepfake detection, healthcare, and astronomy. Our work to stretch what’s possible with deep learning has been featured in The New York Times, VICE, The Verge, and Quartz. Dessa is based in Toronto, a global centre for artificial intelligence.
Location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2016
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| 16.06.2021 | Facebook’s AI reverse-engineers models used to generate deepfakes | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Some experts have expressed concern that machine ... |
| 16.06.2021 | Facebook’s AI reverse-engineers models used to generate deepfakes | Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Some experts have expressed concern that machine learning tools could be used to create deepfakes, or media that takes a person in an existing video, photo, or audio fi... |
| 06.05.2021 | Deepfake detectors and datasets exhibit racial and gender bias, USC study shows | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Some experts have expressed concern that machine ... |
| 06.05.2021 | Deepfake detectors and datasets exhibit racial and gender bias, USC study shows | Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Some experts have expressed concern that machine learning tools could be used to create deepfakes, or videos that take a person in an existing video and replace the... |
| 11.02.2020 | Deepfakes and deep media: A new security battleground | This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: AI and Security. Deepfakes — media that takes a person in an existing image, audio recording, or video and replaces them with someone else’s likeness using AI — are mult... |
| 11.02.2020 | Deepfakes and deep media: A new security battleground | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Deepfakes — media that takes a person in an exist... |
| 07.02.2020 | Square acquires deepfake research firm Dessa | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Square, the financial services and mobile payment... |
| 07.02.2020 | Square acquires deepfake research firm Dessa | Square, the financial services and mobile payment company headed by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, today announced that it’s acquiring Toronto-based AI research startup Dessa (formerly known as DeepLearni.ng) for an undisclosed sum. In a press re... |
| 29.01.2020 | Voice cloning experts cover crime, positive use cases, and safeguards | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Deepfakes, or media that takes a person in an exi... |
| 29.01.2020 | Voice cloning experts cover crime, positive use cases, and safeguards | Deepfakes, or media that takes a person in an existing image, audio recording, or video and replaces them with someone else’s likeness using AI, are multiplying quickly. In recognition of the threat that deepfakes pose to privacy, civility,... |