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IBM #AIResearch #OpenModels #PromptEngineering

IBM previews LLMON models for explicitly structured prompts

IBM released experimental Granite 4.1 3B and 8B previews on November 12 that use LLMON to distinguish instructions, data and their relationships. The accompanying toolkit supports evaluation of this approach to prompt structure; the models are not intended for production.

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Runway #Robotics #OpenWeights #PhysicalAI

Runway opens Praxis-1 weights for robot control

Runway released Praxis-1 weights and inference and fine-tuning code under Apache 2.0 on November 11, following its earlier partner rollout. The model predicts video and actions together, giving robotics developers a starting point they can adapt to their own hardware.

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Google #MultimodalAI #APIs #Agents

Google introduces Gemini Decisions API for bounded choices

Google introduced Gemini Decision 1 and the Decisions API on November 11 for scoring bounded choices across text, images, audio, video and PDFs. A single request can evaluate up to 1,000 questions and return confidence scores, supporting tasks such as tool routing and policy checks.

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Zyphra #SpeechAI #OpenSource #OnDeviceAI

Zyphra releases ZONOS3-Mini for local speech synthesis

Zyphra published ZONOS3-Mini with Apache 2.0 weights for multilingual speech synthesis, voice cloning and delivery control. The November 12 release post describes 100 million active parameters and real-time on-device execution, expanding options for locally run voice applications.

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Baidu #ERNIE #AIModels #Coding

Baidu previews post-trained ERNIE 5.5 Flash

Baidu released ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview as a post-trained model built on its earlier Flash Base, with API access through Qianfan. It targets coding, 3D design and knowledge work; training is ongoing and Apache 2.0 weights are promised rather than already released.

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Hugging Face #Generative3D #FineTuning #DeveloperTools

Hugging Face publishes tools for fine-tuning TRELLIS.2

Hugging Face published a November 12 guide with scripts and containers for adapting TRELLIS.2 to custom 3D assets locally or on Hugging Face Jobs. Its LoRA workflow focuses on geometry and structure, giving developers a reproducible way to specialize 3D generation.

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Public Citizen #AIPolicy #AISafety #Litigation

Nonprofits sue to halt advanced AI model development

Four nonprofits filed a November 12 lawsuit in San Francisco seeking to freeze advanced AI development at Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and SpaceXSI. The complaint invokes California unfair-competition law and alleges serious safety risks, putting those claims before a court.

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