AI NEWS: xAI just launched AI companions on Grok — 3D avatars that can hold voice conversations and develop relationships with users Plus, more news from Meta, Cognition, Google, AWS, and Anthropic. Here's everything you need to know:
MULTIMODAL AI
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Future of 3D AI characters in Copilot, Google, Claude
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Not in the same way but we will likely see many 3d AI characters in other products too. MS Copilot is soon to get some Google already has Character AI technically as well Claude will get it as an MCP or something….
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Voice AGI interruption capabilities and conflict resolution mechanisms
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sure but that would be insufficiently different to semantic vad. i think a voice AGI -would- interrupt you. and in an interrupt conflict read all signs – face, stutter, etc – to continue or interrupt the interrupt all theoretical until some mad lad actually does it. just a cost
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Grok 4 Heavy: Multi-Agent Multimodal AI Intelligence
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Grok 4 Heavy is AI with multiple minds. Multi-agent. Multi-modal. Next-gen intelligence. Stay updated on every new AI release via http://
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AI Roadmap: Coding Model, Multimodal Agent, Video Generation
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Roadmap: Here’s what’s next: August: Coding-optimized model September: Multimodal agent October: AI video generation The pipeline is heating up fast.
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Grok 4: Real-Time Multimodal AI with Web Search and Image Generation
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Real-Time & Multimodal
— Futurepedia – Learn to Leverage AI (@futurepedia_io) 15 juillet 2025
Grok 4 integrates real-time web search, native tool use, and even voice.
It can solve math, generate images of black hole collisions, and forecast sports—yes, predicting the Dodgers at a 21.6% chance to win the next World Series. pic.twitter.com/xLSqr27X02Real-Time & Multimodal
Grok 4 integrates real-time web search, native tool use, and even voice. It can solve math, generate images of black hole collisions, and forecast sports—yes, predicting the Dodgers at a 21.6% chance to win the next World Series. -
Advanced AI Platform for Professionals: Deep Reasoning and Extended Context
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Designed for pros Developers
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Data Academics
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Large-context processing (128k in-app / 256k tokens API)
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Reference-to-Video: Insert Character Images Into Videos
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You can even insert them into the videos using reference-to-video (you provide a set of images to use as character references). If you’ve got a little storyteller at home, I can’t recommend this enough
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Video generation transforms children’s stories into animated reality
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My favorite use case for video generation so far: use it to turn your kid's stories into animated clips
— François Chollet (@fchollet) 15 juillet 2025
Kids find it completely natural that computers can make videos, and they love to see what they describe come to life — it’s like seeing your imagination validated, made real pic.twitter.com/NIJD1duChAMy favorite use case for video generation so far: use it to turn your kid's stories into animated clips Kids find it completely natural that computers can make videos, and they love to see what they describe come to life — it’s like seeing your imagination validated, made real