New AI Directions: Computer Use and Multimodal Generation
airesearch12 · x · 2026-08-03
Following a discussion on how coding agents have driven AI progress over the past two years, an AI researcher highlighted new equally exciting directions:
- Computer use
- 3D and multimodal output generation: For example, instead of responding with text, models could answer with a narrated, animated infographic video.
Related event: a16z Partner Says Coding Agents Drive Recent AI Progress(4 posts)→
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