🗞️In this edition

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• DeepMind AI powers smarter multitasking robots

• Workflow Wednesday #39 ‘Smart Automation’

• Nvidia open-sources the future of 3D avatars

• In other AI news –

  • Tencent’s Hunyuan Image 3.0 beats Google’s Nano Banana

  • Adobe expects 520% surge in AI shopping this holiday season

  • OpenAI adds apps from Spotify, Canva, and more inside ChatGPT

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Google DeepMind’s new AI models let robots multitask 

♨️News –  Google DeepMind has upgraded its AI models to help robots handle more complex tasks and access the web for guidance. The new Gemini Robotics 1.5 and Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 models allow robots to plan multiple steps ahead and adapt to real-world environments.

👨‍💻Fast facts – 

• Robots can now complete multi-step tasks like sorting laundry, packing suitcases based on local weather, and separating trash and recyclables using web-based information.

• Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 lets robots understand their surroundings and turn digital findings into actionable instructions for Gemini Robotics 1.5.

• Skills learned on one robot, such as ALOHA2, can transfer to others, including bi-arm Franka and humanoid Apollo.

• Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 is available through the Gemini API while Gemini Robotics 1.5 is offered to select partners.

• 🤓Open Tools POV – These updates show a shift from single-task automation to adaptable robotic intelligence. Robots learning from each other and using web resources points to a new era of practical AI in real-world tasks.

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This Week in Workflow Wednesday #39: Smart Automation

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Nvidia open-sources audio2Face, the AI tool powering lifelike 3D avatars

☕News – Nvidia is making its AI animation tool, Audio2Face, open source. The software can generate realistic facial movements for 3D avatars just from voice input, and developers will now have full access to its models, SDKs, and training framework to adapt it for their own projects. 

👨‍💻Fast facts – 

• Audio2Face studies the acoustic features of speech to create matching lip and facial movements.

• Developers can use it for both pre-recorded content and live performances.

• Studios behind Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone and Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition have already used it.

• The open release includes training tools so users can fine-tune the model for different styles.

• Nvidia says it hopes this will spark new ways to build lifelike virtual characters.

🤓Open Tools POV –  This move signals a shift toward more open, collaborative AI development in 3D content creation, making realistic digital avatars easier to produce and personalize.

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📢 What else is happening?

• Tencent’s AI model Hunyuan Image 3.0 tops leaderboard, beating Google’s Nano Banana // Released late in September, Hunyuan Image 3.0 is the industry’s biggest open-source image-generation model to date

• Adobe predicts AI-assisted online shopping to grow 520% during the 2025 US holiday season // Adobe predicts that generative AI-powered shopping will boom this year, with AI traffic set to rise by 520% year-over-year and peaking in the 10 days leading up to Thanksgiving

• OpenAI launches apps inside of ChatGPT // Users in ChatGPT will be able to access interactive applications from companies like Booking.com, Expedia, Spotify, Figma, Coursera, Zillow, and Canva

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