Gemini Rolls Out Scheduled Tasks, Perplexity Adds SEC Data, Veo 3 Can Produce 360 VR Videos!

AI News - June 06

Gemini Scheduled tasks are rolling out Perplexity gives users access to SEC data Veo 3 has a cool 360 trick and Figure shows off some real world robotics here's today's AI news. Google has announced that they're rolling out scheduled actions in the Gemini app. This feature was previewed at Google IO 2025.

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With scheduled actions, you can ask Gemini to perform a task at a specific time or transform a prompt you're already using into a recurring action. You can manage and edit any scheduled actions that you've set up from the settings page. Perplexity AI has integrated securities and Exchange Commission data into its platform, allowing all users to access financial documents directly, regardless of whether you're just searching for some information or doing full on research.

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This makes financial data accessible in a way hat's never been available to the average person. It would seem that Veo 3 has a ridiculous trick up its sleeve that no one realised. Apparently adding the term 360 degrees to the prompt makes Veo create a VR video scene that can be viewed via a headset.

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This is a quite unbelievable revelation, but demonstrates just how far generative video has progressed in 2025. And finally, Brett Adcock, the CEO of Figure robotics, posted a video of the Figure 02 robot carrying out some amazing real world tasks. This has long been the criticism of the recent crop of robots.

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Yes, it can do a backflip, but can it do anything useful? Well, this robot is shown flipping, sorting and orienting packages to ensure barcodes are face down for scanning. And while you're watching this video, you should be repeating the phrase "this is the worst it will ever be"