🎙️ EP 343: Gemini Omni 1.1 Finally Out & Perplexity's Local "Portable Computer" Agent

AI Fire Daily · Aug 28, 2026 · 14m · transcript

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Google has launched Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, an upgraded multimodal video generation and editing model featuring scene extension capabilities, first-and-last frame keyframing, and motion reference inputs up to 4K resolution. Meanwhile, Perplexity introduced "Portable Computer," a privacy-focused local AI agent architecture running on NVIDIA DGX Spark hardware that executes long-horizon workflows locally using PPLX 27B and Qwen 3.8 models without cloud token usage.

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