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Topic: "robotics-simulation"
ModernBert: small new Retriever/Classifier workhorse, 8k context, 2T tokens,
modernbert gemini-2.0-flash-thinking o1 llama answerdotai lightonio hugging-face google-deepmind openai meta-ai-fair figure encoder-only-models long-context alternating-attention natural-language-understanding reasoning robotics-simulation physics-engine humanoid-robots model-performance model-releases jeremyphoward alec-radford philschmid drjimfan bindureddy
Answer.ai/LightOn released ModernBERT, an updated encoder-only model with 8k token context, trained on 2 trillion tokens including code, with 139M/395M parameters and state-of-the-art performance on retrieval, NLU, and code tasks. It features Alternating Attention layers mixing global and local attention. Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking debuted as #1 in Chatbot Arena, and the O1 model scored top in reasoning benchmarks. Llama downloads surpassed 650 million, doubling in 3 months. OpenAI launched desktop app integrations with voice capabilities. Figure delivered its first humanoid robots commercially. Advances in robotics simulation and a new physics engine Genesis claiming 430,000x faster than real-time were highlighted.
Genesis: Generative Physics Engine for Robotics (o1-2024-12-17)
o1 gemini-2.0-pro openai google carnegie-mellon-university universal-physics-engine robotics-simulation physics-simulation photo-realistic-rendering generative-data simulation-platform open-source function-calling vision performance-benchmarks sdk realtime-api zhou-xian aidan_mclau sundar-pichai
Genesis is a newly announced universal physics engine developed by a large-scale collaboration led by CMU PhD student Zhou Xian. It integrates multiple state-of-the-art physics solvers to simulate diverse materials and physical phenomena, targeting robotics applications with features like lightweight, ultra-fast simulation, photo-realistic rendering, and generative data capabilities. The engine is open source and designed for robotics simulation beyond just video generation. Additionally, OpenAI released the o1 model to API with advanced features like function calling and vision support, showing strong math and coding performance. Google teased updates on Gemini 2.0 Pro, accelerating deployment for advanced users.