Episode 8 - April 9, 2026
NVIDIA gives AI agents real voices, Meta drops a mystery frontier model, and Netflix erases objects from video like magic.
2026-04-09 3 min
Description & Show Notes
NVIDIA gives AI agents real voices, Meta drops a mystery frontier model, and Netflix erases objects from video like magic.
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Show Notes:
🎙️ NVIDIA PersonaPlex — NVIDIA releases PersonaPlex-7B, a full-duplex speech framework with real character and voice control. Finally, voice agents that don't all sound like the same LinkedIn coach.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-nvidia-releases-personaplex-advanced-voice-and-character-control-for-full-duplex-conversational-spee
📱 Google LiteRT-LM — Google launches an open-source framework for running LLM inference directly on edge devices. Less cloud, more phone — your battery will notice.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-google-launches-litert-lm-a-high-performance-open-source-framework-for-on-device-large-language-mode
🧠 Meta Muse Spark — Meta Superintelligence Labs debuts its first frontier model built on an entirely new tech stack. Specs? Classified. Hype? Plenty.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-meta-superintelligence-labs-debuts-muse-spark-the-first-frontier-model-built-on-a-new-technology-sta
🎬 Netflix VOID — Netflix unveils VOID, a physics-based approach to video object removal. No more ghost shadows where someone used to stand.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-netflix-unveils-void-a-physics-based-approach-to-video-editing-and-object-removal
🔒 Anthropic Locks Down Claude Mythos — Claude Mythos goes to ~50 handpicked companies, while Zhipu drops an open-source model beating GPT-5.4 at coding on the same day. The moat is melting in real time.
https://whatllm.org/blog/new-ai-models-april-2026
💰 Nava Raises $22M — Indian startup Nava secures $22 million to close Asia's GPU gap with custom AI data centers.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-nava-secures-22-million-in-funding-to-address-asias-growing-ai-compute-infrastructure-gap
💬 Poke: AI Agent via SMS — Poke launches an agent platform where automations are controlled via plain text messages — Zapier for people who refuse to install another app.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-poke-launches-ai-agent-platform-to-simplify-task-automation-via-standard-text-messaging
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Show Notes:
🎙️ NVIDIA PersonaPlex — NVIDIA releases PersonaPlex-7B, a full-duplex speech framework with real character and voice control. Finally, voice agents that don't all sound like the same LinkedIn coach.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-nvidia-releases-personaplex-advanced-voice-and-character-control-for-full-duplex-conversational-spee
📱 Google LiteRT-LM — Google launches an open-source framework for running LLM inference directly on edge devices. Less cloud, more phone — your battery will notice.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-google-launches-litert-lm-a-high-performance-open-source-framework-for-on-device-large-language-mode
🧠 Meta Muse Spark — Meta Superintelligence Labs debuts its first frontier model built on an entirely new tech stack. Specs? Classified. Hype? Plenty.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-meta-superintelligence-labs-debuts-muse-spark-the-first-frontier-model-built-on-a-new-technology-sta
🎬 Netflix VOID — Netflix unveils VOID, a physics-based approach to video object removal. No more ghost shadows where someone used to stand.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-netflix-unveils-void-a-physics-based-approach-to-video-editing-and-object-removal
🔒 Anthropic Locks Down Claude Mythos — Claude Mythos goes to ~50 handpicked companies, while Zhipu drops an open-source model beating GPT-5.4 at coding on the same day. The moat is melting in real time.
https://whatllm.org/blog/new-ai-models-april-2026
💰 Nava Raises $22M — Indian startup Nava secures $22 million to close Asia's GPU gap with custom AI data centers.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-nava-secures-22-million-in-funding-to-address-asias-growing-ai-compute-infrastructure-gap
💬 Poke: AI Agent via SMS — Poke launches an agent platform where automations are controlled via plain text messages — Zapier for people who refuse to install another app.
https://aitoolly.com/en/ai-news/article/2026-04-09-poke-launches-ai-agent-platform-to-simplify-task-automation-via-standard-text-messaging