Nvidia says ‘the age of generalist robotics is here’

Nvidia says ‘the age of generalist robotics is here’

Source: The Verge Nvidia has announced that Isaac GR00T N1 — the company’s open-source, pretrained but customizable foundation model that’s designed to expedite the development and capabilities of humanoid robots — is now available. “The age of generalist robotics is here,” says Nvidia founder and CEO, Jensen Huang. “With Nvidia Isaac GR00T N1 and new…

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Shoppers are flocking to AI search

Shoppers are flocking to AI search

Source: The Verge After decades of relying on Google’s ten blue links to find everything from travel tips to jeans, consumers are quickly adapting to a completely new format: AI chatbots that do the searching for them. According to new research from Adobe, AI search has become a significant traffic channel for retailers. The company…

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Google’s Gemini AI is really good at watermark removal

Google’s Gemini AI is really good at watermark removal

Source: The Verge Google is shipping the latest “experimental” features of its Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model to more developers across all regions, and people are finding some concerning abilities that include editing out watermarks from photos. The company’s lightweight localized on-device AI model is now equipped with native image generation that can not only…

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Roblox’s new AI model can generate 3D objects

Roblox’s new AI model can generate 3D objects

Source: The Verge Roblox is launching and open-sourcing Cube 3D, the first version of its foundational AI model for generating 3D objects. “With Cube, we intend to make 3D creation more efficient,” Roblox says in a press release. “With 3D mesh generation, developers can quickly explore new creative directions and increase their productivity by deciding…

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Zoom’s AI will soon help you do busywork, too

Zoom’s AI will soon help you do busywork, too

Source: The Verge Zoom’s AI Companion is getting an “agentic” upgrade at the end of this month, allowing it to identify and perform tasks on users’ behalf. Workspace users will be able to access the feature within a new Tasks tab in Workspace, where they can have Zoom’s AI schedule follow-up meetings, generate documents from…

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