Self-improving AI, Opus 4.8, Nvidia bangers, game-ready 3D models, juggling robots: AI NEWS

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HUGE AI NEWS: Claude Opus 4.8, Step 3.7, DeepSWE, MiniCPM5, & more #ai #ainews #aitools #aivideo #agi #singularity Thanks to our sponsor Hubspot. Access the AI Agent Cheat Sheet for free https://clickhubspot.com/a71cc9 LocateAnything https://research.nvidia.com/labs/lpr/locate-anything/ ControlLight https://yfyang007.github.io/ControlLight/ TriSplat https://lhmd.top/trisplat/ PiD https://research.nvidia.com/labs/sil/projects/pid/ InstructAV2AV https://hjzheng.net/projects/InstructAV2AV/ GenRecon https://kasothaphie.github.io/GenRecon/ Scope https://z2tong.github.io/SCOPE/ PhysX Omni https://physx-omni.github.io/ DeepSWE https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/blog Opus 4.8 https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8 Step 3.7 Flash https://static.stepfun.com/blog/step-3.7-flash/ CubePart https://cubepart.github.io/ Relightable chars https://vcai.mpi-inf.mpg.de/projects/RHC/ Self Improving AI https://guoweixu.com/bes/ AI coscientist: https://youtu.be/QvN6Tu6dHYM AutoScientists https://autoscientists.openscientist.ai/ Gamma World http://research.nvidia.com/labs/sil/projects/gamma-world Pantheon 360 https://koi953215.github.io/pantheon360_page/ Bonsai Image https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-image-4b MiniCPM5 1B https://huggingface.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B Sega https://rajabi2001.github.io/sega/ PixlRelight https://mlfarinha.github.io/pixl-relight/ Timestamps 0:00 AI news intro 1:03 LocateAnything 2:42 ControlLight 4:22 TriSplat 5:58 PiD 7:51 InstructAV2AV 9:05 GenRecon 10:25 Scope 12:12 Hubspot Agent Cheat Sheet 13:35 PhysX Omni 15:08 DeepSWE 17:10 Opus 4.8 19:45 Astribot T1 20:53 Rai AthenaZero 22:06 Step 3.7 Flash 23:33 CubePart 25:18 Relightable chars 26:11 Self Improving AI 27:43 AutoScientists 30:19 Gamma World 31:44 Pantheon 360 33:00 Bonsai Image 34:26 MiniCPM5 1B 35:14 Sega 36:46 PixlRelight Newsletter: https://aisearch.substack.com/ Find AI tools & jobs: https://ai-search.io/ Support: https://ko-fi.com/aisearch Here's my equipment, in case you're wondering: Lenovo Thinkbook: https://amzn.to/4jWeKwH Dell Precision 5690: https://www.dell.com/en-us/dt/ai-technologies/index.htm?utm_source=AISearchTools&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=precisionai#tab0=0 GPU: Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada https://nvda.ws/3zfqGqS Mic: Shure SM7B https://amzn.to/3DErjt1 Audio interface: Scarlett Solo https://amzn.to/3qELMeu

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