Google seems to be building Gemini Omni as a video model focused less on perfect raw generation at launch and more on editing, remixing, and controlling video directly through chat. - Gemini Omni model card briefly spotted in Gemini - Video remixing and editing directly in chat - Templates likely coming for faster creation workflows - Object swapping and scene rewrites through prompts - Watermark removal spotted in early examples - Usage limits tab hints at credit-based video generation - Possible Flash and Pro tiers for different use cases - API access likely, which matters for automation builders - More evidence that video tools are becoming agentic workflows - Google may be repeating its Nano Banana image model playbook What stands out to me is the workflow angle. If we can edit videos by chatting with an AI, that changes a lot for content teams, agencies, course creators, and anyone building automated media pipelines. Curious what you guys think. Are we moving toward fully automated video production, or will AI video still need a human editor in the loop for a while? Read the full article here: https://www.testingcatalog.com/googles-gemini-omni-video-model-surfaces-ahead-of-i-o-debut/

Anthropic is reportedly getting ready to launch Orbit, a proactive briefing feature for Claude that pulls insights from your work apps and delivers time zone aware, actionable summaries. - Proactive briefings instead of reactive chat, less tab hopping - Opt-in setup, time zone aware delivery, feels like it is designed for real daily routines - Connectors like Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Calendar, Drive, and Figma, basically the modern knowledge work stack - Mentions of “Orbit apps” you can pin, hints at a mini dashboard experience inside Claude Cowork - Spanning both Claude and Claude Code, so summaries could include code and project context, not just email and meetings - Fits the bigger trend: OpenAI has Pulse, and similar digest features are showing up in Gemini and Perplexity, so proactive assistants are quickly becoming table stakes - The interesting twist is GitHub plus Figma, which screams developer and creative workflows, not just inbox management Read the full article here: https://www.testingcatalog.com/anthropic-is-working-on-orbit-its-upcoming-proactive-assistant/