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Odyssey-3 drives a car in India and runs humanoids from one world model

Odyssey has launched Odyssey-3, a world model that the Palo Alto AI lab says can control robot arms and humanoids, drive a car, fly drones and play video games. A research preview is available now, the company said on Thursday.

World models learn from large amounts of visual data to predict how a scene will change next, including how actions affect what happens. Odyssey says its new model gives machines a general understanding of the world before they learn a specific task.

“Odyssey-3 is a big step toward a single intelligence that can understand and operate in the world around us,” said Oliver Cameron, Odyssey’s co-founder and chief executive.

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Odyssey-3 Pro scored 66.1 on the video-to-video test of Physics-IQ Verified, the highest score reported on that leaderboard, according to Odyssey. That score uses the best of eight attempts per task. The benchmark, from Anates Labs and...

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Why Apple is finally making its own smart home devices

For more than a decade, Apple has told other companies to build smart home devices for its platform. This week, Apple launched its own. The Apple Home Collection is a lineup of cameras, thermostats, sensors, a smart door lock, and a video doorbell, all codeveloped with LG Electronics and Schneider

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This Kodak Point-and-Shoot Is My Go-To Camera, and It’s $30 Off Right Now - CNET

Save $30: Smartphones are great, but sometimes it’s nice to have a dedicated camera that lets you focus on taking photos instead of getting distracted by notifications. Right now, the Kodak PixPro FZ45 is down to $100, saving you $30 off its usual price. Whether you’re documenting vacations,

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Chicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists

Chicago-area law enforcement officers took part in an undercover probe by Immigration and Customs Enforcement into Minneapolis mutual aid networks last spring as part of the feds’ conspiracy investigation into 15 Twin Cities activists facing federal felony charges for resisting Operation Metro Surge, according to newly released documents reviewed by

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