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Monday, 13 April 2026

Towards developing future-ready skills with generative AI

Google Research 3 months ago

Google released Vantage, a research experiment using generative AI to assess future-ready skills like critical thinking and collaboration through simulated conversations with AI avatars. In validation studies with 188 testers ages 18-25, the AI Evaluator's scores matched human expert raters with similar agreement levels, and in a separate study of 180 students' creative work, the system showed high correlation with OpenMic's internal experts. The approach aims to make traditionally hard-to-measure human competencies assessable at scale for integration into classroom curricula alongside subject knowledge.

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Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6: Powering real-world robotics tasks through enhanced embodied reasoning

Google DeepMind 3 months ago

Google released Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, an upgraded AI model designed to help robots understand and reason about their physical environments for tasks like navigation and equipment monitoring. The model improves spatial reasoning capabilities including pointing accuracy, multi-view success detection, and a new ability to read analog gauges and digital instrument displays with sub-tick accuracy. Developers can now access the model via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio, with the system showing 6-10% improvement over previous versions in identifying physical safety hazards.

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