Welcome to the Solidus Ai Tech Friday Roundup with Ava, bringing you the latest and greatest updates from the world of technology!

Google Reveals Nano Banana
Google introduced Nano Banana, an ultra-compact AI model built for on-device intelligence, enabling advanced features to run offline on smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices without relying on the cloud.

Nvidia Launches Jetson AGX Thor
Nvidia’s latest robotics platform, Jetson AGX Thor, brings enterprise-level compute power to robots, autonomous machines, and edge AI, offering unmatched performance in a palm-sized module.

Anthropic Tests Agentic Browsing
Claude learns to “browse like a human” navigating sites, filling forms, and retrieving info, pushing AI assistants closer to full autonomy. This breakthrough moves AI closer to performing complex online tasks without human help.

Microsoft Releases VibeVoice-1.5B
The new open-source voice model delivers natural, expressive speech generation at a fraction of the size of competitors, making high-quality TTS available to more developers and devices.

HITTER Teaches Humanoids Tennis
HITTER, a new reinforcement learning system, trains robots to master sports techniques, from tennis swings to precise footwork, representing a major leap in humanoid agility and coordination.

OpenAI Upgrades Codex Agents
The Codex-based coding agents now offer enhanced intelligence and context awareness, allowing them to design complete software builds, debug complex codebases, and integrate seamlessly into modern developer workflows.