Gemini Brings Dexterous AI to Robots

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Gemini is making waves by enhancing robotic capabilities, bringing us closer to a future with even smarter machines.

Meanwhile, ElevenLabs is pushing boundaries with their voice assistant tech, taking conversations with AI to a new level.

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• 🤿Deep Dive: Gemini powers up robots

• 🖼️AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art

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• 🤿Deep Dive: ElevenLabs’ voice assistant

• ⚒️Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

• 📰Top News: News on AI, no-code, and productivity

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Gemini Unveils On-Device Dexterous AI Model

Intelligence: Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini Robotics On-Device, a lightweight VLA (Vision-Language-Action) model capable of running directly on robots, bringing general-purpose dexterity, low-latency performance, and rapid task adaptation to real-world environments without relying on cloud connectivity.

• Gemini Robotics On-Device is designed for local deployment on robots, enabling general-purpose dexterity and efficient execution even in offline or low-connectivity settings.

• The model excels at highly dexterous tasks like folding clothes or unzipping bags and adapts quickly to new domains with as few as 50 to 100 demonstrations.

• Developers can access the Gemini Robotics SDK to fine-tune the model, simulate tasks in MuJoCo, and test it across different physical environments via the trusted tester program.

• Gemini Robotics On-Device outperforms previous on-device models in both generalization and multi-step instruction following and has been successfully adapted to various robot types, including Franka and Apollo.

• Google emphasizes safety and responsible development, implementing semantic safeguards, safety-critical controllers, and reviews from internal ethics teams before wider release.

🖼️ AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

11.ai Turns Voice into Action with MCP

Intelligence: ElevenLabs just dropped 11.ai, a voice assistant that uses MCP to connect with apps like Slack and Linear, enabling real-time voice-driven productivity and seamless workflow automation.

• 11.ai (alpha) is a voice assistant from ElevenLabs that goes beyond conversation, using MCP (Model Context Protocol) to take meaningful actions across tools like Linear, Slack, Notion, and Perplexity.

• Unlike traditional voice assistants, 11.ai can plan your day, manage tasks, research prospects, and update systems based on voice commands, making it a voice-first productivity agent.

• Powered by ElevenLabs Conversational AI, 11.ai delivers ultra-low latency, multimodal interaction, automatic language detection, and RAG-powered context to support dynamic, real-time conversations.

• The platform supports both out-of-the-box and custom MCP integrations, allowing companies to connect internal tools securely and control assistant permissions at a granular level.

• Users can choose from 5,000+ voices or clone their own, making the assistant feel personal and tailored to their workflow. Access is free during the alpha launch.

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• 🤖 Pythagora 2.0 - Streamline AI development and deployment from one platform. Free to try.

• 🔊 Cekura - Ensuring quality and reliability for Voice & Chat AI. Free to try.

📰 TOP NEWS

News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity

💻 Google’s Gemini CLI brings AI to Your Terminal

Google launched Gemini CLI, an open-source tool that lets developers use Gemini AI models locally to write, debug, and explain code through natural language commands, with free usage limits to encourage adoption.

🗣️ Wispr Flow Raises $30 Million for Voice AI Expansion

Voice-powered dictation app Wispr Flow has secured $30 million in Series A funding to grow its speech-based productivity tools across Mac, Windows, and iOS. The app is gaining traction among top venture firms for everyday writing tasks like emails and memos.

📚 Judge Says Book-Based AI Training Is Fair Use

A federal judge ruled that Anthropic can legally train its AI models on physical books it bought and digitized, marking a first fair use win for the AI industry. However, a separate trial will decide if using pirated books from the internet violates copyright law.

🧠 AI Helps Spot Parkinson’s Earlier with MRI Scans

A new study shows that combining MRI scans with machine learning can distinguish Parkinson’s from similar conditions like MSA and PSP with up to 98% sensitivity. The approach may allow for earlier and more accurate diagnoses using widely available imaging.

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