The Voxel51 bi-weekly digest covers recent developments in AI, machine learning, and computer vision. OMG-LLaVA combines robust pixel-level understanding with reasoning abilities in a single end-to-end trained model, achieving performance comparable to specialized methods on multiple benchmarks. Agility Robotics has deployed its Digit humanoid robots in logistics operations, while CARMEN is a small robot designed to help people with mild cognitive impairment learn skills to improve memory and executive functioning at home. The FiftyOne team released the Florence2 plugin for integrating the model into their open-source computer vision tool. Good reads include a series on building with large language models (LLMs) and advice from experts, such as Perplexity CEO Aravin Srinivas discussing his company's approach to indexing the web and creating an AI knowledge assistant. New research on tokenization is also highlighted, particularly in the context of multimodal learning, where it enables unifying diverse modalities into a common representation space. Upcoming events include various conferences and meetups for AI, machine learning, and computer vision professionals.