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Microsoft Unveils Autonomous AI Agents

PLUS: Figure 02 Humanoids are now 400% Faster

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Barsee
20 Nov

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In today’s edition:

  • Figure 02 Humanoids are now 400% Faster

  • Microsoft Unveils Autonomous AI Agents

  • Plus trending AI tools, posts, and resources

Ready, set, go…

FIGURE

Figure 02 Humanoids are now 400% Faster

Figure founder Brett Adcock recently shared a glimpse of Figure 02 humanoid robots performing industrial tasks autonomously for BMW.

Here's what you need to know:

  • Figure 02 is now 4x faster, 7x more accurate, and significantly more reliable than its initial trial three months ago.

  • The robots operate fully autonomously, completing around 1,000 placements daily.

  • Robots are trained daily using a replica of BMW’s South Carolina plant and NVIDIA’s digital twin technology, ahead of their full-time deployment in January 2025.

  • Figure is committed to scaling production, with plans to deploy millions of humanoid robots for commercial and domestic use.

  • Engineers are already working on the next-gen Figure 03 robot, with the company hiring 100+ engineers across various roles to support development.

Why it matters:

Founded just two years ago, Figure is rapidly advancing humanoid robotics, aiming to lead a market with transformative potential for industries and everyday life.

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SIDE UPDATES

OpenAI is rolling out its Advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT on the web, enabling users to have real-time, natural conversations directly from their browsers. Using GPT-4's audio capabilities, Advanced Voice Mode allows ChatGPT to understand non-verbal cues like speaking speed and respond with emotion, making chats more dynamic.

Google’s Gemini AI now has a memory feature that remembers users' interests and preferences for more relevant responses. Users can easily view, edit, or delete shared information and see when it’s used. The feature is available to Gemini Advanced subscribers in English.

Niantic is building a “Large Geospatial Model” (LGM) using data from millions of players to help AI navigate physical spaces. This model, similar to Large Language Models, will enable machines to understand and interact with environments. By training AI on geolocated images from Niantic’s games like Pokémon Go, the LGM aims to advance augmented reality, robotics, and autonomous systems.

Allen AI's OpenScholar is a new model that answers research questions by searching for relevant papers and generating responses based on them. Using a 45M paper database and an 8B parameter LLM, it helps researchers explore scientific literature. On ScholarBench, OpenScholar-8B beat GPT-4o and other models in accuracy and citations, while being much more cost-effective.

New experimental models have appeared on lmarena, including the "Anonymous Chatbot," which may be the 4.0 update from November 11, or something more advanced. Google has released two models: "Secret Chatbot" (Gemini), which performs well, and "Mystery Gemini 3," which underperforms. With many models now available, it's unclear which are breakthroughs. lmarena remains a hub for anonymous AI experiments.

O2 has launched Daisy, an AI-powered "granny" designed to waste scammers’ time with lifelike, rambling conversations. Trained in partnership with YouTuber Jim Browning, Daisy is added to scam call lists to keep fraudsters on the line and prevent them from targeting real victims.

Kim Kardashian showcased Tesla's Gen 2 humanoid robot, Optimus, on social media. The robot is expected to enter full production by 2026, with an estimated cost of $20,000 to $30,000.

MICROSOFT

Microsoft Unveils Autonomous AI Agents For Copilot

At Ignite 2024, Microsoft released several ready-made AI agents in Copilot that can handle everything from simple tasks to complex multi-step processes.

Here's what you need to know:

  • The SharePoint agent lets users create personalized agents for real-time answers, which can be shared across chats, meetings, and emails while ensuring data privacy.

  • The Interpreter agent can clone participants' voices and offer real-time translation in up to 9 languages during Teams meetings.

  • The Employee Self-Service agent handles workplace policy questions and automates HR and IT tasks, like retrieving payroll info or processing leave requests.

  • The Facilitator agent takes real-time notes in Teams, summarizing key information as conversations unfold.

  • The Project Manager agent automates tasks in Planner, creating projects, assigning tasks, tracking progress, and generating status reports.

Why it matters:

These AI agents help businesses cut costs, boost creativity, and speed up innovation by automating tasks and allowing employees to focus on more important work.

TRENDING TOOLS

  • Thoughtly > AI-powered human like phone agents. Reduce costs, increase efficiency, and seamlessly integrate into your systems [Link] *

  • Mistral > Free ChatGPT Plus Alternative with web search, image generation, agents (like GPTs) and even a Canvas feature [Link]

  • Documind > Open-source platform for extracting structured data from documents [Link]

  • Layer > Build visual tree structures of your projects and goals in just a few clicks [Link]

COOL FINDINGS / RESOURCES

  • Build your own screen recorder app with Replit AI Agent - by Paul [Link]

  • How to connect AI automations to Bolt.new and build your first SaaS - by Kevin [Link]

  • Our brains are vector databases, here’s why that’s helpful when using AI - by VentureBeat [Link]

  • Discover how to spot an underserved market niche and create a prototype with Bolt AI - by Nodus Labs [Link]

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