🚀 Nvidia Jetson Thor: Real-Time AI for Robots

PLUS: NotebookLM Opens to Students

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In this issue: Nvidia’s Jetson Thor powers real-time robots, Microsoft’s VibeVoice redefines text-to-speech, and Perplexity launches Comet Plus with a $42.5M publisher share. Notion drops one-click meeting notes, Higgsfield debuts an AI pop idol, Google’s NotebookLM turns notes into podcasts and movies and AIHealthTech Insider highlights life-saving diagnostics.

NVIDIA

Source: Nvidia

NVIDIA dropped Jetson AGX Thor, a powerhouse chip built to give robots world-class intelligence across cars, factories, hospitals, and homes.

The details:

  • 12-core Arm CPU + 2,048 CUDA cores

  • Delivers 800+ TOPS for robotics workloads

  • Built for autonomous cars, logistics, healthcare robots, and drones

  • Ships in 2026

Why it matters:
Local reasoning = faster, safer, smarter robots. Expect hospitals, cars, and supply chains to rely less on cloud lag and more on instant decisions.

MICROSOFT

Source: Microsoft

Microsoft unveiled VibeVoice, a breakthrough text-to-speech (TTS) model built for expressive, multi-speaker, long-form audio think podcasts or panel discussions generated entirely from text.

The details:

  • Synthesizes up to 90 minutes of speech

  • Handles up to 4 distinct speakers with natural turn-taking

  • Uses continuous speech tokenizers at 7.5 Hz for high fidelity & efficiency

  • Powered by an LLM + diffusion head for contextual dialogue and acoustic detail

  • Available in English and Chinese; research use only

Why it matters:
VibeVoice moves beyond short clips, enabling scalable podcast-style generation with consistent voices. It’s a leap toward lifelike, AI-driven media though risks around deepfakes mean it must be used responsibly.

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NOTION

Source: @NotionHQ on X

Notion launched a tool that instantly opens and formats meeting notes during calls.

The details:

  • Auto-launches in active meetings

  • Pre-formatted notes in one click

  • Designed to cut post-call cleanup time

Why it matters:
Say goodbye to copy-pasting and messy follow-ups. Notion wants to be your all-in-one meeting memory.

PERPLEXITY

Source: Perplexity Blog

Perplexity introduced Comet Plus, a $5/month subscription giving users premium access to partner publishers’ content inside Comet.

The details:

  • Covers 3 traffic types: human visits, search citations, agent actions

  • Revenue shared fully with publishers (minus compute costs)

  • Free for Comet Pro and Max users

Why it matters:
Comet Plus could redefine how journalism gets funded in the AI era moving from clicks to compensation tied directly to how content fuels AI assistants.

📌 Update: According to the WSJ, Perplexity will also distribute $42.5M in revenue to publishers whose content is cited, marking its first large-scale payout pool.

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HIGGSFIELD

Source: Higgsfield

Higgsfield AI just revealed Kion, a virtual music star complete with vocals, choreography, and fan engagement built entirely by AI.

The details:

  • Debut music video “Better Love” just dropped on YouTube

  • No human singers, no contracts all AI-driven

  • Fans interact via Instagram & TikTok as if Kion were real

Why it matters:
The entertainment industry just got its first truly global AI-native celebrity. Labels, watch your back.

GOOGLE

Source: Google

NotebookLM is now available for students as young as 13, bringing AI-powered study tools into classrooms.

The details:

  • Audio Overviews: Turn notes into podcast-style summaries

  • Mind Maps: Visualize concepts with interactive diagrams

  • Q&A: Ask about uploaded materials to deepen learning

  • Strict content rules → no human review or model training from under-18 use

Why it matters:
Google is planting its AI study buddy in schools early. Safer, multilingual, and optimized for classrooms.

AI CREATIVITY

NotebookLM now creates short, narrated videos directly from your text. Think of it as a built-in video editor + narrator: your notes become cinematic explainers with visuals, captions, and story arcs pulled from your material.

NotebookLM’s Mind Maps instantly turn long reports or messy notes into interactive diagrams. Each node captures a key concept, with clickable branches to explore summaries or ask questions. Export as PNG or JSON to share with your team.

With one click, NotebookLM generates podcast-style conversations from your content. Two AI hosts summarize and discuss your material, making it easy to absorb on a commute, workout, or while multitasking.

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AI HEALTH

This week’s AIHealthTech Insider covers AI saving lives in ERs, $100M sleep tech, mental health coaches, and Epic’s charting upgrade showing how AI is reshaping healthcare from emergencies to everyday care.

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