Tavus PAL Kiosk mode lets a walk-up kiosk check in guests without menus. The pilot is open to a limited number of companies. Tavus PALs render video from audio in 134 ms, the fastest on the market.
Key points
Kiosk mode places a Tavus PAL on a walk-up kiosk for guest check-in.
Rendering latency is 134 ms from audio to video.
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- Original post
- Book a Demo Tavus - Linked page
Beam model launch with open weights and partner ecosystem
Beam by Reflection AI is now available on Design Arena with open-weight releases under Apache 2.0. The release includes multiple precision weight formats and a drafter component.
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Release: Weights, tokenizer, and reference implementation
Formats: BF16, FP8 and NVFP4 weights and a DFlash2 drafter
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ComfyUI $25K prizes for open-source builds, RTX 5090s offered
ComfyUI and partners announce $25,000 in prizes and RTX 5090s for the best open-source builds on the Comfy Developer Platform. The contest runs for two weeks and requires signing up via comments.
Key points
Prize pool: $25,000 for best open-source builds.
Rewards include RTX 5090s and partners: NVIDIAAI, runpod, MiniMax.
