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The AI giants are back with sharp tools and new tricks.

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro overtakes competitors on key benchmarks. Hugging Face launches a free AI agent that browses like a clumsy intern. Amazon is quietly prepping Kiro, a next-gen coding assistant. And HeyGen’s latest avatar model brings near-human emotion to screen.

The age of hands-on AI is here but who will own the interface?

In today’s Generative AI Newsletter:

• Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro crushes rivals in real-world dev tasks
• Hugging Face’s slow but working open-source AI agent is live
• Amazon secretly builds Kiro, its ambitious AI code assistant
• HeyGen’s Avatar IV makes synthetic faces feel eerily real

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🏆 Gemini 2.5 Pro Seizes Top Spot in Leaderboards

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro I/O Edition just shot to the top of multiple developer benchmarks, outperforming rivals like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and OpenAI’s o3 without even waiting for the I/O spotlight.

Key Wins:

• #1 on WebDev Arena, beating Claude in UI design, code quality, and overall web app generation.

• Top of LM Arena, becoming the highest-scoring model across all categories.

• Strongest gains seen in code editing, transformation, and agentic workflows.

• Also leads in video understanding, topping the VideoMME benchmark at 84.8%.

While OpenAI and xAI prep their next moves, Google is quietly stacking leaderboard wins. Gemini may not have the same mystique, but it’s now the model to beat for real-world dev tasks, especially where speed, UI polish, and agentic logic matter.

🖥️ Hugging Face’s Free AI Agent That Surfs the Web (Slowly)

Hugging Face just released Open Computer Agent, a fully open, browser-based AI that can click around a virtual desktop and use real software like a human assistant. It’s slow, it stumbles, but it works and it’s free.

Details:
• Runs on a Linux VM with apps like Firefox and LibreOffice
• Powered by vision-language models that can “see” the screen and click
• Handles basic tasks like Google Maps searches or doc edits
• Struggles with CAPTCHAs and complex flows
• Available to everyone, but with a queue

Forget polished demos and secret sauce. Hugging Face just handed the internet a working AI agent that runs on open models, not magic. It’s clunky, yes but it’s also a glimpse at the future where real automation is open, cheap, and yours to build with..

🗣️ Heygen’s Avatar IV Redefines What AI Avatars Can Feel

HeyGen just dropped Avatar IV, a massive leap for AI-generated characters. From a single photo and voice script, it builds avatars that move, react, and emote with uncanny realism. No mo-cap or animation needed.

What’s new:

• A new audio-to-expression engine captures your tone, rhythm, and emotion to generate micro-expressions, gestures, even head tilts.

• Works on non-human subjects , anime characters, pets, aliens ,and handles side angles.

• Supports full-body and non-standard framing, finally breaking out of the “talking head” mold.

• Powers everything from podcasts and music videos to influencer UGC and interactive characters.

Most AI avatars still feel dead behind the eyes. Avatar IV changes that. It brings intent and emotion to the screen. The gap between real and synthetic expression just got a whole lot smaller.

💻 Amazon Preps Secret AI Coder ‘Kiro'

Amazon is quietly developing a new AI code-generation tool codenamed Kiro, designed to write and optimize software in near real-time by working alongside AI agents, according to internal docs obtained by Business Insider.

Behind the scenes:
• Kiro supports both web and desktop interfaces with multimodal capabilities
• Can auto-generate code, flag bugs, and produce technical design docs
• Works alongside third-party AI agents, not just Amazon's stack
• Meant to complement or potentially evolve beyond Amazon’s existing Q Developer assistant
• Launch was originally planned for late June but may be shifting

With startups like Cursor hitting sky-high valuations and OpenAI circling acquisitions, the AI coding wars are heating up. Amazon’s move suggests it’s not content to sit on the sidelines while rivals define the next generation of developer tools. If Kiro delivers, it could reshape who controls the future of software creation.

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